Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Viewshed analysis

This map was created in ArcGIS online and uses the ArcScene application within the website. The map shows displays a viewshed analysis for the original Taunton Ma, courthouse. It displays a 20 mile radius of the visibility of the courthouse. The highlighted orange areas are points on the map where you can see the court house if you were on flat ground standing up based on a person with a 6 foot height.

Monday, March 28, 2016

Solar-Wind Village Proposal

This map was created in ArcGIS desktop version. It displays the potential locations for a Solar-Wind Village in the town of Adams, Massachusetts. The locations were found through a series of geo-processing steps to fit three main criteria for potential locations. These criteria consisted of having a slope of 20° or less, having a southerly aspect of 135°-225°, and wind speeds at 30 meters to be above 5 meters per second. 

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Nunckatesset Greenway project

Below is a map created in ArcMap desktop version. In this map making process a series of select by attribute and select by location queries were built to identify potential parcels for the Nunckatesset Greenway trail project.


Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Bristol, Plymouth, and Barnstable Counties

This map was created in ArcMap desktop version. It focuses on the population demographics of three South-East counties: Bristol, Plymouth, and Barnstable counties.
 

Mediterranean Cruise

Below is a map I created using ArcGIS online. It displays various ports I visited on a Mediterranean cruise in May 2015. Two of the most interesting places I stopped on the cruise were the ancient Vatican City and the ancient city of Pompeii. I also generated a QR code for a shortcut to the map, if you have a smart phone with a QR scanner give it a try.

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Massachusetts Population

Below is a map I made in ArcMap desktop version. It displays Population density for each town in Massachusetts using a choropleth map. The table to the lower right displays the top 5 and bottom 5 cities in terms of population. The bar graph the the lower right displays the top 10 most populated cities in Massachusetts.

Monday, February 8, 2016

UFO Sightings in the U.S.

Below is a brief map I made in ArcGIS online. It displays recorded UFO sightings in the United States. The data is from an excel file I extracted from Wikipedia.