The goal of lab one is to become familiar with the many different types of spatial data used in Eau Claire County. These data sets range from public land management, to administration, and land use. We will use these valuable data sets to produce six different maps showing the location of the Confluence Project as well as the surrounding area.
Background
As of spring 2012, Clear Vision Eau Claire has announced a new public-private partnership to begin construction on a new project called the Confluence Project. This project will be built where the Chippewa and Eau Claire Rivers meet in Downtown Eau Claire, across from Phoenix Park. The Confluence Project will be a new community arts center as well as a new University Student Housing and commercial retail building. Ground breaking is scheduled to begin in 2014.
Purpose
The purpose of this lab is to gain more knowledge in working with base maps and being able to understand basic city data.
Maps/Methods
There were six different maps made for this lab, each map shows a different set of data. Starting with the top left corner and working our way right, and then going to the second row left corner and working right again (maps pictured below "Map 6").
Foreknowledge: Before the creation of any of the upcoming maps several articles were read and research on the project was done using internet sources listed at the bottom of the page. The area where the Project Proposal Site is was digitized by use of the parcels feature. All maps use the same coordinate system, WGS 1984 Web Mercator. In order to get the six maps to fit on a page, the page size was changed to 17x11 inches.
Map 1: This first map was created with ArcMap 10.2. I used the World Imagery map as the base layer. The base layer was provided by ESRI. After fitting the map to show the entire Eau Claire County I inserted the previously digitized area of the Proposed Site (Confluence Project) as well as the Civil Divisions of Eau Claire County. After inserting the Civil Divisions of Eau Claire County I changed the color scheme to hollow and made the outlines a very bright and distinctive color pattern. The reasoning behind making the Civil Divisions hollow was so the land features as well as the Proposed Site could be visible. After adding the two previously mentioned features I created a legend as well as a scale to add to the map and titled it "Civil Division." The last step I did for this map was to add a call out box pointing to where the Confluence Project will be located.
Map 2: After finishing the Civil Divisions map I made another data frame. Still using ArcMap 10.2 this new data frame is going to show where the Census Boundaries around the Confluence Project will be. I used the same World Imagery map as my base layer. For this map instead of showing the entire county, I zoomed into a very small portion of the City of Eau Claire. This map shows the Tracts features of Eau Claire as well as the Block Groups. The Tracts were placed onto of the Block Groups to show where they overlapped each other. As was done in the first map the Confluence Project was labeled with a call out box and the parcels were digitized in a soft pink color to stick out on top of the baby blue background representing the Block Groups. As well as the first map this one also contained a legend as well as a scale.
Map 3: After the creation of the Census Boundaries map, I created another data frame in ArcMap 10.2. This one is titled "PLSS" or Public Land Survey System. This map also uses the World Imagery base layer, and was zoomed into the City of Eau Claire so the Confluence Project site would be easily visible. This map only needed one feature to be added, PLSS_qq. This public land survey system showed the parcels of the area and surrounding area of the Confluence Project. The PLSS_qq features were also made hollow, in order to show the land and building features/images. The Public Land Survey System lines were changed to a bright blue so it could be seen over the map but with little disturbance of the base layer. Just like the previous maps, this one had a legend and scale as well as a call out box labeling the Confluence Project.
Map 4: The fourth map needed a new data frame in ArcMap 10.2. This map shows many new features which the other three maps have not yet shown. This map also uses the World Imagery map provide by ESRI. The map shows the center lines of all the roads in the surrounding area. Another feature shown in this map is the parcel area, which outlines the many parcels of the City of Eau Claire. The next newest feature shown is the water bodies in the City of Eau Claire. This was changed from a random default color to a blue color to better represent water. Lastly, similar to the previous maps the Confluence Project is digitized into its Proposed Site. This map was given the title, "City of Eau Claire Parcel Data" and it too has a legend in its upper right corner and a scale in the bottom left corner. Using a call out box again, the Confluence Project is labeled pointing to the Proposed Site.
Map 5: This map titled, "City of Eau Claire Zoning Classes" is another newly created data frame. This map uses the World Imagery base map as the previous maps have also. This map is a little different than the previous because it involved grouping categories together to make the map much simpler to see. These feature groups meant for the creation of a new legend with customized labels. Commercial, Residential, Industrial, Central Business District, Public Properties and Transportation zones are all visible on this map. Instead of being zoomed out to see the entire city I zoomed in so the Confluence Project is visible and the map will not look too cluttered with the different color classes. Lastly, this map was given a call out box pointing to the digitized soft pink Propose Site for the Confluence Project. It was also given a scale as well as a Legend with customized labels.
Map 6: The last map of this lab uses the World Imagery base layer map and is titled, "City of Eau Claire Voting Districts." This map is a much simpler map and only has one feature added to it, besides the Proposal Site for the Confluence Project. In the map the voting districts for the City of Eau Claire were added, given a hollow symbology and a bright yellow line so the base layer was still visible. Each voting district is labeled in a vibrant white to stick out and be easily legible. The map contains a call out box showing where the Confluence Project Proposal Site is and has a scale in the bottom left corner. Unlike the other five maps, this one does not contain a legend.
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| The top left map is Map 1 and works its way right. Bottom left map is map 4 and also works its way right. |
Results
In map 2, Census Boundaries, and in map 6, City of Eau Claire Voting Districts, I noticed that both the voting lines and Tracts boundaries share similar boundary lines. The reasoning behind the shared boundary lines would be because of the Chippewa River. Rivers make excellent boundaries since they are very easily visible and great physical dividers.
Sources
City of Eau Claire, and County of Eau Claire, 2013
http://www.eauclairearts.com/confluence/
http://www.uwec.edu/News/more/confluenceprojectFAQs.htm
http://volumeone.org/news/1/posts/2012/05/15/3134_arts_center
http://www.bis-net.net/cityofeauclaire/search.cfm
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