Module 10 Assignment: Creating Custom Tools

For module 10 we were tasked with creating a custom toolbox with 1 script tool. Everything ran properly but I had to change the file path. We started with creating the toolbox and then set the parameters.

Module 9 – Debugging and Error Handling

Module 9 consisted of finding errors and fixing them. Part one had 4 errors and part 2 have 5 errors. Many of them were simple misspelled words, forward slashes, etc.  However there were a couple that I had to get some direction with via an elluminate session with our teacher.  Only a few more weeks to go. 

Module 7 Assignment: Geometry and Rasters Parts 1 & 2

Module 7 was particularly hard to get through.  Part 1 of the assignment consisted creating a .txt file and writing it to coordinates and object id's for vertices in a shape file. Then created a raster output that identifies areas with a particular set of parameters. 

Part 2 involved working with rasters. I had a lot of trouble with this part. The end result is a single raster with highlights of certain areas. 

Module 8 Remote Sensing

For our module 8 assignment we were tasked with finding and importing orthorectified aerial imagery and then creating two maps consisting of supervised classification and unsupervised classification. The Supervised classification focuses on 5 classes and the unsupervised classification focuses on 8 classes.

The area we focused this assignment on was found in Cahokia, Illinois at the site of Monk's Mound.  The site is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site as well as a U.S. National Historic Landmark.  The site is home to the largest prehistoric earthworks north of Mexico inhabited from  700-1400 A.D.

Module 7: Surface Interpolation

This week we were tasked with creating five images of interpolated surfaces from a single site located at the Volcán Barú, Panama and three images from the Machalilla Regional Settlement.  The interpolation methods used were Kernal Density, Kriging, IDW (Inverse Distance Weighted), Natural Neighbor, and Spline.

Shovel test data was taken in .txt format and reformatted to .xls as well as a .dxl for the AutoCAD section. We then had to update the information in those files in order for ArcMap to understand the data and not produce errors.  Additionally I really enjoyed getting more first hand knowledge of the tools within ArcToolbox.

Module 6 Exploring/Manipulating Spatial Data

In Module 6 we learned how to explore and manipulate spatial data in Python.  We started out by setting the environments to allow overwrites, created a .gdb that copied all items from our data folder into the .gdb, created a search cursor that displayed name and population, and had to make sure that each task printed results.  This assignment was yet again tricky for me, mostly due to me not having a background in Python. With the guidance of a fellow student and our teacher, I was finally able to get the script to produce the required results.