Day Eight

Data Layers

Yesterday Steve Smith, my Chemistry Teacher, stopped by to visit and check up on what I have been learning. He brought up some logistical questions that I did not have the answers to such as how many parking spaces are there, do you need the second parking lot and distances of the trails. So today I started off by locating the measuring tool in the GIS program. I then traced the natural surface and hard surface trails with the tool and this gave me the length of each. The natural surface trail alone is .8 miles but with the extension loop it is just about 1 mile and the hard surface trail will add .4 miles to the River Trail. I also used the measuring tool to determine the dimensions of the different parking areas. With the knowledge that each parking space must be nine feet wide and 18 feet in depth I found that the Sherman Parking lot could hold a minimum of 36 cars and the small lot with a gap at the trail head entrance could have 10 spots. I also finished organizing all the data layers on the map into folders they can easy be toggled between. At 12 I attended the Green Business Round table which was about bringing local food into the school cafateria. There is also a Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting at 5:00pm but I am going to miss that due to participating in a River Watch Lab.

Parking areas (in orange)

 

Tomorrow I am going to present my conceptual design to Scott, the landscape architect for the city, and receive his feedback. After that I am going analyze his suggestions and apply the changes I see fit. I am positive this will push over into Friday so I may work at home for a little while Friday morning.