Module 4: Hurricanes
This
week’s lab involved the creation of two maps related to Storm Sandy that hit the
New Jersey shore in October 2012. The
lab covered the use of Excel data, creation of custom symbology, advanced
labeling, map grids, the effects toolbar, setting geodatabase attribute
domains, and editing features using domain properties.
The
first map depicts the status and path of Storm Sandy as it hit the New Jersey
shoreline. The path was created by using
the Points to Line Tool in ArcToolBox thus creating a polyline feature class
from a points feature class containing data for Storm Sandy. The hurricane specific symbology was created
with Character Marker Symbols and saved to my user profile for future use. The meridians and parallels were added to the
map by setting a new grid under the data frame properties. Maximizing map space became a little
challenging as the longitude and latitude markers take print area space. I was able to re-align the latitude readings
vertically to save space.
The
second map depicts structural damage to one side of street in the Tom’s River
Township based on pre and post storm imagery.
The Slider Tool of the Effects Toolbar was used to swipe (peel on/off)
the imagery to determine structural damage based on the before and after
imagery. A new point feature class was created
along with Attribute Domains to limit possible values for the various damage assessment
fields thus reducing data entry errors.
Below
are the two maps depicting Storm Sandy’s path and damage assessment.
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