The purpose of this assignment was to show the different features
surrounding the area of the confluence project. The confluence project is a county
wide project that will provide student housing and create a new art center in downtown Eau Claire. It
is intended to break ground in 2014. The goal of this assignment was to show the
location of different features of the city that surround the confluence
project.
Methods:The first thing that had to be done was to create a geodatabase for the proposed site of the confluence project. Once the geodatabase was made, a feature class for the proposed site needed to be added. This allowed that specific feature class to be applied easily to all the maps. Once the feature class was made, we had to digitize the site so it was easier to identify. After the site had been digitized, new individual maps had to be made to highlight different features around the area of the confluence project.
The first map made dealt with the PLSS or public land survey
system. A new data frame was created in order to keep all related information
together. A basemap of the world was added in order to locate the proposed site
and see the surrounding area. The PLSS section feature class was added to the
map from both the county and city data. Once that was added, the PLSS quarter
quarter sections were added to the map from the county and city data. This
allowed for a more specific area of where the proposed site was located.
Once the site was
identified, the next step was to build a very brief legal description for each
of the two parcels. Once the legal description was made, the next step was to
build multiple relevant maps of the area surrounding the confluence project.
The first map was dealing with civil divisions. The first
step was inserting a new data frame to keep all the information together. Then the
civil divisions feature class was added to the map along with the proposed site
feature class. This showed what civil division the confluence project was
located in. The next map showed where the different census boundaries were
located. A new data frame was inserted for this data. The block and tract
groups feature class was then added to the map. The tracts had to be moved on
top of the block group in order to see the both of them. The block group was
then set to represent the population of 2007 for the City of Eau Claire. The
next data frame needed was with the data for the City of Eau Claire. Once the
new data frame was made, the parcel area, centerlines and water feature classes
were added to the map. An aerial map was added in order to more easily identify
the different parcel areas.
The next map that was made was for the different zoning
classes. A data frame was made for Zoning and the zoning areas feature class
was then added to the map. Due to the large amounts of different zone classes, the
assignment called for the classes to be grouped based on similar symbols. Since
the data was narrowed down, it made the map much easier to understand for the
viewer.
The last map dealt with the different voting districts for
the City of Eau Claire. A new data frame was inserted, and the voting district
feature class was added to the map. The districts were labeled so it would be
known what zone the confluence project would be located in.
Results:
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| Figure 1.1 This is a compilation of all the base maps for the area surrounding the Confluence Project. |
There is no significant pattern with all these different maps. There is something interesting that is happening in the same block group as the confluence project. The zoning map shows that it is mainly central district zoning where the confluence project is located. Even though it is not strictly residential, there is still a fairly large population living in that particular block group.
Sources:
W:\geog\CHupy\geog335_s14\lab\lab1: 2009-07-13_EauClaire.gdb and City of Eau Claire.gdb
Property search. (2014, 2 17). Retrieved from http://www.bis-net.net/cityofeauclaire/search.cfm
