Goals:
The City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin is well known for its concerts and musical festivals throughout the United States. Finding space for those concerts, festivals, and theater productions have become challenging, leaving Eau Claire to search for other options. The Confluence Projects goal is to provide a multi-million dollar building featuring classrooms, galleries, offices, art studios, and theater production auditoriums. ( http://www.eccommunityfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Confluence-Brochure-2015-final.pdf) The goal of this lab was to prepare several base maps that show the location of the confluence project, and to become familiar with different spatial data sets used by public land management, administration, and land use.
Methods:
The first step of this lab was using arc map to digitize the confluence project. The next step was making six different maps using spatial data from the City of Eau Claire geodatabase, showing the location of the confluence project. The maps were Civil Divisions, Census Boundaries, Eau Claire City Parcel Data, Zoning, and Voting Districts.
The first map, Civil Divisions, shows different Civil Divisions of Eau Claire County. The first step to making this map was adding data the base map and choosing the imagery map. After adding the base map, the next step is to add the county boundary, and civil divisions using the 2009-07-13_EauClaire geodatabase to the base map. Adjusting the symbology of the civil division shows various municipality types, as well as making the county boundary hollow. The final step was adding a legend, scale bar, title, and north arrow to help make the map visually appealing.
The second map, Census Boundaries, shows population density of Eau Claire near the proposed site. The first step to this map was adding the base map and choosing imagery. The next step was adding the block groups and tracks to the map using 2009-07-13_EauClaire geodatabase and choosing the Census_Features. In order for the base map to show, making both the block group and track layers transparent is the next step as well as making the tracts layer hollow. Another step to finalizing the second map was adjusting the symbology of the block groups. As in the first map, adding a legend, scale bar, title, and north arrow helps make the map visually appealing.
The third map, PLSS Features, uses the Public Land Survey System to show where the proposed site falls within the quarter-quarter sections. The first step to make this map was to add the base map using imagery. The next step was adding the quarter-quarter section using the City of Eau Claire geodatabase. After adding the quarter-quarter section, the next step was making the quarter-quarter section hollow with a black outline. The final step was adding a title, legend, north arrow and scale bar.
The fourth map, Eau Claire City Parcel Data, shows the roads in the area around the proposed site as well as parcels. The first step to add a base map using imagery. The second step was adding the parcel area, center-lines, and water layers to the base map using the City of Eau Claire geodatabase. The next step was making the center-line red, and the water green with slightly transparent, and adding the proposed site to the base map layers. The final step was adding a title, legend, scale bar, and north arrow to the map.
The fifth map, Zoning, shows different businesses surrounding the proposed site. The first step was the same as the last four maps, adding a base map, using imagery. The second step was to add the zoning class using the City of Eau Claire geodatabase. The next step was grouping the different zones together using symbology tab in the properties. After that, the next step was adding the center-line class to the map. The next step was to change the colors so that it was visually appealing to the reader. The final step was to add the legend, north arrow, scale bar, and title to the map.
The six map, Voting Districts, was made to show where the voting districts are near the proposed site. As in the other maps, the first step was to add a base map using imagery. The next step was to add the voting districts feature class to the map. Next was to make the districts different colors and turning on labels so that the numbers appear. The final step was to add a scale bar and a title to make the map more visually appealing.
Results:
The lab shows the location of the confluence project and the six maps show different feature classes. The Eau Claire City Parcel Data shows the roads, water around the proposed site. The Census Boundaries shows the population in the area. The PLSS data shows different public land used around the area. The zoning map shows different businesses, and residential areas around the proposed site. The civil divisions map shows the population around the area. The maps show that the confluence project is a good location and should help bring more business to the City of Eau Claire.
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