Buffer Projects
Example of what to turn in: https://mavspace.uta.edu:443/been/public/bufferProject.zip
- One database and a folder for your raster files.
- Database will have 11 feature classes
- Raster folder will have 6 raster files.
- Do not turn in temporary files
- Neat and well organized
Each student will create a personal geodatabase containing the following data for both a 5-mile and 1-mile radius:
• Total population (2000) - SimplyMap
• % population change (2000 – 2010) - SimplyMap
• Median household income (1999) - SimplyMap
• % income change (1999 – 2009) - SimplyMap
• % adults who earned a bachelor degree (2000) - SimplyMap
• % adults with bachelor degree change (2000 – 2010) - SimplyMap
• Total renting households (2000) - SimplyMap
• % renting households change (2000 – 2010) - SimplyMap
• Total crime index (2010) - SimplyMap
• Rain (inches) - SimplyMap
• Snow (inches) - SimplyMap
• Distance to closest water body (feet)
• Distance to UT Arlington Geosciences building
The following data must be obtained only within a 5-mile radius:
• Aerial data (most current) - CRGSC (2005 NAIP 2m True Color )
• 30m Elevation data (USGS DEM) - TNRIS
• Slope (derived from USGS DEM)
• Digital Raster Graphic (USGS topographic map) - TNRIS
• Geologic map (from Geologic Atlas of Texas)
• Landsat 7 ETM+ Image (2003, or latest year) - CRGSC
• Texas Water Wells - TWDB
• Italian Restaurants - ReferenceUSA
• Surface quality monitoring stations - TCEQ
• Toxic Release Inventory Data (latest available) - EPA
The following data must be obtained only within a 20-mile radius:
• Vegetation (1:1,000,000 scale) - TPWD
• River Basins (1:1,000,000 scale) - TPWD
• Earthquakes (if any) between 1568 – 2004 - National Atlas
• Seismic Hazard - National Atlas
