1. Review your answers to question 2 and 5 to answer the following: for general audience, describe how to fix misaligned and improperly referenced spatial data, including taking into consideration project properties.

One can review the projection and coordinate system of their layers by going through the properties of the layer. After accessing the properties, one should locate the data source tab. From here, the mapper will be able to view the coordinate and datum system of the layer.
To fixed misaligned data. The mapper would have go through each layer’s property again. They then would have to locate the Data source tab. From there, they would locate the Geographic Coordinate System Tab. Information on datums will be found under the expanded Geographic Coordinate system tab. In order to change the projection, the mapper would have to locate the projection tab, which is located in the expanded Geographic Coordinate Tab. Mappers will then choose one uniform projection and coordinate system for each layer.

2. Review your answer to question 10 and discuss the advantages to using remotely sensed Landsat data for geographic analysis.

An advantage of using Landsat data for geographic analysis is that it provides us with continuous data through raster data. Unless using vector data to display continuous data, raster data will be able to provide more details about the data. Landsat data also allows us to look at the earth at different scales, and is capable of providing us with good quality photos in a short matter of time. For example, in my lab, I talked about using landsat data for looking at Landslides. It will allow us get quick and detailed information on the effects of after the landslide.

Accomplishment Statements:

1. Gained a working knowledge on the use of queries and queried for specific attributes within the attribute table to create a new layer out of the queried features.
2. Created a new row in the attribute tables to calculate the area of the Washington vector layer and Counties vector layer.
3. Changed the coordinate system of different layers so that all the layers would match up when placed together, resulting in a more accurate depiction of the maps’ features.
4. Gained a working knowledge on the use of raster datasets through creating a raster map depicting roads within a National Forest.