ARCGIS ANALYSIS

Acquire and prepare datasets of your choosing for your own chosen location and study. Now, it

is your turn! Your task is to choose a place and bring together a variety of data in ArcGIS Pro,
such that the data are ready for study with each other. Do NOT merely replicate the datasets
that are already provided for your location of interest. You may go through similar types of
workflows as described in the sections above. Your requirements are as follows:
a. Choose a bounded location. You can use an administrative boundary, such as a
neighborhood, city, or county boundary, or you can draw your own boundary, as was done
in the above workflow.
b. Choose your location carefully. If you choose a very large area, your processes with take
longer than they would for smaller areas. Similarly, you can choose anywhere in the world,
but your work will be much more streamlined in you choose a place with good data
availability.
c. Find four sets of data from at least four data sources. Do NOT merely replicate the
datasets that are already provided for your location of interest.
d. Choose at least one raster layer.
e. You can choose your data as if you were going to conduct a study, such that all the data
layers are relevant to your given topic, but you are not required to do so. If you propose a
study, it need be only generally stated, as the study described herein is a broadly described
study of buildings and land cover at the UPC campus.
f. Choose an appropriate projected coordinate system for a spatial analysis in your study area.
g. Ensure that none of your data exceeds your chosen boundary.
12. Write up your results in a short report. The report should have your name, a title, and section
headings. The report should have high-quality language, free of grammatical and spelling errors.
Figures should have captions and be referred to in your text, as done in these instructions. Write
out prose in complete sentences for each section; do not just use bullet points. All language must
be in your own words no quotations, even properly cited ones. Citations to your sources of
information, such as for information about your chosen datasets and projected coordinate
system, should be in the Author-Date format of Chicago Manual Style and properly referenced
at the end of the written report. The report need only be long enough to clearly respond to the
listed topics for each of the following sections:
a. Introduction. Briefly summarize the data, methods, and goal of your data acquisition and
preparation project. (1 pt.)
b. Assessment of exemplar project. Briefly summarize the exemplar project and respond to
the questions posed in step 10 in prose NO bullet points or pasting of the
prompt/questions. (1 pt.)
c. Study area and coordinate system. Describe the geographic location of your data
collection and preparation project. Describe the boundary that defines the study area.
Describe and explain your choice of coordinate system for your study. (1 pt.)
d. Data Acquisition and Preparation. Go through each of your (at least) four chosen data
sets, and provide: (1.5 pts. per data set; 6 points total)
i. A QUESTION of the data, including what aspect of the real world it purports to
represent;