Project 1 - Prepare Week

GIS 4930

This week I prepared a basemap (above) that is to be used in my first project for Special Topics.  This week was all about preparing for the future and the scenario to come.  In the scenario Tampa, Florida is preparing for a hurricane that is projected to make landfall in the following week.  For the Prepare lab, I was tasked with creating a basemap that showed a storm surge 6 feet above sea level.  Utilizing a provided Digital Elevation Model (DEM) I was able to reclassify the elevations to be in feet.  On the map I also provided the roadways, however I did some prep work on the roadways to allow them to be Networked and therefore allow routing in the future.  This will aid in evacuation routing, road closures, and supply routing for disaster relief.  I also provided the locations of Shelters, Police Departments, Fire Departments, Hospitals, and the U.S. Army National Guard Station located in the greater Tampa area.

This map will serve as a basemap to do analysis and produce reports and maps that emergency responders, reporters, and residents will need in the days ahead, during, and after the storm.

Overall, this week's lab was provided with greater emphasis in what we have learned so far, and allowed me the freedom to reflect on the skills I learned to produce a map that will provide the information that will be needed in next week's lab.