Erineo
Monday, December 3, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
LAB 7 Week 8
Hello :)
I am frustrated with Arc GIS. I find myself having to play around with the program a lot to get the desired look that I want. Having to search for data is not much fun either. Some of the instructions from the labs are not very helpful either. The instructions, I feel do not take into consideration that I am new with this program and I am barely still learning.
I do not like the fact while making the map that there is even such a phrase as some other race. Each race in the United States should be taken into account. On the bright side it is very helpful to see where each race is concentrating because that would help local law makers with their policy making and helps out everyone who is interested in where migrating people are going to find new lives.
I am frustrated with Arc GIS. I find myself having to play around with the program a lot to get the desired look that I want. Having to search for data is not much fun either. Some of the instructions from the labs are not very helpful either. The instructions, I feel do not take into consideration that I am new with this program and I am barely still learning.
I do not like the fact while making the map that there is even such a phrase as some other race. Each race in the United States should be taken into account. On the bright side it is very helpful to see where each race is concentrating because that would help local law makers with their policy making and helps out everyone who is interested in where migrating people are going to find new lives.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Lab 5
ArcGIS was definitely a challenge to use. Having
to constantly reposition the maps was very difficult and having to create the
process over again because sometimes I would lose the map that I was creating
because I would accidentally zoom in too far or to close. ArcGIS is something
that definitely needs to be handled with care because some aspects are very
difficult to understand.
The tutorial in some parts was not as specific as
I wanted it to be like for instance when I was trying to recreate the data
frame that took me a while to figure out. The beginning was easy but then the
instructions started to become unclear and especially as a beginner more
details are always best. ArcGIS can definitely improve on being more user
friendly for people who have not yet mastered software programming which I feel
like this is it.
With gradual practice I am sure ArcGIS will
become a great tool to use whenever new projects have to be done for instance
like urban planning, finding new locations for buildings, and just creating
maps so that people have visuals references when they are planning something or
want to explain a project to someone else.
With its pros and cons I am sure that people have
used and will continue to use ArcGIS to its fullest potential. To discover new
horizons and to map new locations of where people have never been, but will
sometime need a map to get there.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Lab 2 Assignment
1. The name of the quadrangle is Beverly Hills Quadrangle
2. The names of the surrounding quadrangles are Canoga Park, Van
Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, and Inglewood.
3. The quadrangle was first created in 1966 because that is when
the topography was compiled.
4. The datum used to create this map are North American Datum
1927 (NAD 27) and North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).
5. The scale for my map
is 1:24,000
6a. 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to 1200 meters on the
ground
6b. 5 inches on the map is equivalent to 1.89 miles on the
ground
6c. 1 mile on the ground is equivalent to 2.64 inches on the map
6d. 3 kilometers on the ground is equivalent to 12.5 centimeters
on the map
7. The countour interval
on my map is 20 feet.
8a. The Public affairs coordinates are (34 degs 4’ 28” N latitude) and (118 degs 26’ 21”W
longitude) and 34.074479 degrees latitude and 118.439249 degrees longitude.
8b. The Santa Monica Pier coordinates are (34 degs 0’ 27” N
latitude) and (118 degs 30’ 0.0189” W longitude) and 34.007502 degrees latitude
and 118.500005 degrees longitude.
8c. The Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir coordinates are (34° 7'
14” N latitude) and ( 118° 24' 35" W longitude) and 34.120651 degrees latitude and 118.409884 degrees longitude.
9a. Elevation of Greystone Mansion:
560 ft=170m
560 ft=170m
9b. Elevation of Woodlawn Cemetery:
140 ft=42m
9c. Crestwood Hills Park:
679ft=207m
10. The UTM Zone is zone 11.
11.
12. 1,000,000 m^2 in each square.
13.
14. The magnetic declination is 14 degrees.
15. The water flow is North to South.
16. UCLA Crop out!
Monday, October 8, 2012
New York, New York
I got this map from Google Maps. To find this map you go to maps.google.com and search for "Manhattan."
This map shows New York, New York and its various boroughs. This map shows Central Park and various other locations in New York. There are also main interstates that take you to various locations. There are also bays that connect to the Atlantic Ocean. There are also various islands.
I find this map interesting because I would like to some day move here. I also find this map interesting because there is literally only a little rectangle in this whole city where there are plants growing.
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