FINAL PROJECT REPORT

Your report should answer the following question: What spatial problem can you solve using a GIS? Write a detailed report explaining how to solve this problem using a GIS. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

Statement of Problem

Discipline: Disaster Management: Meltdown at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

. Why did you choose this spatial problem?

Question: How can you use spatial techniques to answer the question?

Data

Spatial Data: Describe the spatial data that can be used to address the problem you selected. What type of spatial data did you identify? How is it different from other types of spatial data?

Organization: How can you organize this data to be used in addressing the spatial problem you selected? How does the type of spatial data affect your method for organizing the data?

Quality: Assess the quality of your spatial data. In other words, is the data is reliable, and is it from a trusted source? How does the type of spatial data affect the quality of the data?

Methodologies

Outline: Outline the steps involved with converting your spatial data to the type of data needed to solve the spatial problem you selected.

In other words, what data-scrubbing methods did you use? For example, you might need to convert U.S. Census data into a spreadsheet that can then be imported into ArcGIS.

Data Set(s): Describe your data set or sets. Did you have more than one? If so, describe the process you used to join or combine your data sets. If not, why was one data set sufficient?

Geoprocessing Tools: Use geoprocessing tools to manipulate your data to address your spatial problem and the question you developed.

Examples of tools you could use are Clip and Buffer. Which tools did you use? Why? Support your explanation with screenshots.

Symbols: Apply appropriate symbols to the layers you created using geoprocessing tools. What did you consider in choosing your symbols? Include screenshots that show your application of symbols.

Map(s): Create a technically correct map or maps using cartographic design best practices and principles. Ensure that your map or maps address the problem you selected.

Best Practices: Which cartographic design best practices and principles did you apply to the creation of your map(s)? Why?

Conclusions

Observations: What observations can you make about the map(s) you created? How do your observations relate to the spatial problem that you selected?

Recommendations: What recommendations for solving the problem can you make based on the map(s) you created and your observations? Justify your recommendations. Why are they appropriate?