Storm Surge: Vancouver Case Study
The Greater Vancouver area is developed on a delta which is susceptible to tide changes, specially if there is a sudden change in sea level. Luckily Vancouver Island’s presence helps decrease the effects of tsunamis from seismic activity, but the area is still at risk of a storm surge. With large amounts of datasets, I have learned to mine through the data and to represent them based on scenarios. Below are a few maps of the Greater Vancouver area made in ArcMaps using the ArcGIS software.
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ROAD_TYPE | Name | Description |
1 | Expressway | Expressways and 400 series highways, e.g. Highway 401 |
2 | Primary Highway | Primary Highway, e.g. Highway 7, Highway 11 |
3 | Secondary Highway | Secondary Highways |
4 | Major Road | Major road or Arterial road, e.g. Bayview Ave |
5 | Local Road | Subdivision road in a city or gravel road in a rural area |
6 | Trail | Trails |
10 | Main | Main Railway and Transit Lines (includes segments of rail that are shared with transit) |
11 | Sidetrack | Sidetrack of Main Railway Route |
12 | Abandoned | Abandoned sections of Main Railway Route |
13 | Transit | Transit lines that are not shared with Railway lines |
20 | Ferry Route | Approximate travel route of Ferry |
21 | Ferry Ramp | Ferry Ramp |
22 | Ice Road | Approximate travel route of Ice Road |
23 | Ice Ramp | Ice Ramp |
24 | Ferry Route/Ice Road | Approximate travel route of Ferry/Ice Road |
25 | Ferry/Ice Ramp | Ferry/Ice Ramp |