My methods were fairly simple, because I reused the models I had created in Lab 4. First I used a drag and drop method to bring the txt raster file into arcmap, then I projected it into the NAD 1983 UTM Zone 10N projection. After this, I went into my tools and used my Swiss hillshade tool and used the new DEM as my input to create a Hillshade, Aerial, and Focal DEMs. Overlaying them the same as in the previous lab and assigning the correct transparency levels to each DEM. Using other files off the j/drive and natural earth, I brought in rivers, lakes, water bodies, the Olympic National Park boundary along with the shape file for the Olympic National Forest. I created an additional inset map showing just the DEM for the area within the National Park boundary lines. I was able to this by clipping all 4 raster files, which make up the Swiss hillshade, with the file I had for the National Park boundary. I had difficulty finding color combinations which I felt comfortable with, it was difficult to find the right mix of greens, browns and tans while implementing colored boundaries on top of the DEM.
For the inset map of Slope I simply looked over my previous lab and used the same method to create a slope DEM from the original raster DEM and used the output measurement of degrees. I then classified it into 10 classes and classified it as equal interval for a better visual appeal.
For the inset map of Aspect I used the aspect tool after researching what it does and how to use it. I set the output location and then ran the tool, which gave me a multicolored output with colors representing directions. I kept this as it was and formatted it into my map. I
was unable to attend the Geography Awareness Speaker’s talk due to family obligations I had on that day.
For the inset map of Slope I simply looked over my previous lab and used the same method to create a slope DEM from the original raster DEM and used the output measurement of degrees. I then classified it into 10 classes and classified it as equal interval for a better visual appeal.
For the inset map of Aspect I used the aspect tool after researching what it does and how to use it. I set the output location and then ran the tool, which gave me a multicolored output with colors representing directions. I kept this as it was and formatted it into my map. I
was unable to attend the Geography Awareness Speaker’s talk due to family obligations I had on that day.