GEOG 3813    GIS       Fall 2005        NSU       

• Using a GPS receiver find the location and elevation of the following five locations on the NSU campus in UTM coordinates. Locations:
  
  • South intersection of the sidewalk going through Beta Field with the sidewalk on the western side of Muskogee Avenue  (the circular area where Muskogee Avenue merges with Valley Drive [Valley Drive is the short link between Muskogee Avenue and Grand Avenue].
  • Middle of the eastern edge of the crosswalk across Grand Avenue on the west side of the Business & Technology Building.
  • Light pole on the lawn between the Administration Building and the Center for the Performing Arts.
  • Northeast corner of the driveway leading out of the parking lot on south side of Valley Drive across the street from the Administration Building measured at the edge of Valley Drive.
    
  • Middle of the pedestrian bridge that crosses the concrete creek on Lewis Avenue east of the NET Building and west of the Physical Plant.
    
    In order to better estimate the coordinates of these locations using the simple GPS receivers that we have, take three repeated measurements at each location on two different days (six measurements total at each location).  Individual  measurements on a given day must be separated by at least one minute of elapsed time.  It is your decision as to which datum to use.  Use the worksheet available as a WordPerfect file (GPS-worksheet.wpd) on the i:\\student\transfer\ziehr\GIS-HW4 drive on the network.to record your data. Turn in your worksheet.

• Create a dBase (.dbf) file of your GPS coordinates
  
  • Be sure you construct your dBASE file (or files, if you choose) so that all of the coordinates for a given location (such as at Beta Field) can be mapped separately from the other locations (displayed using different symbols).  Save your file or files (be sure yourlastname is a part of the filename) on a medium that can be turned in (or sent via e-mail)..
    
    
• Create two map documents (yourlastname-HW4-Prob1A and yourlastname-HW4-Prob1B)
  
  • Use the DOQQ of Tahlequah (.sid) in the i:\\student\transfer\ziehr\GIS-HW4 folder for the first map (Prob1A)
  • Use the DRG (.tif file) of the Tahlequah quadrangle in the i:\\student\transfer\ziehr\GIS-HW4 folder for the second map (Prob1B)
  • Display the points for which you collected coordinates (using the GPS) on each of these maps; this is accomplished by adding x,y data to the maps.  Show the points for each location (Beta Field, Light Pole, Bridge, etc.) using a different symbol (shape and/or color)
    
    
• Write a description of your results
  
  • Describe how well your GPS coordinates relate to the two maps and what you believe accounts for this relationship.
  • Turn in a printed copy of your answer (or send in a clearly named Word, WordPerfect, or Rich Text Format document-be sure your last name is a part of the filename).
  • Turn in your dBase file and your two map document files.
    

• Create a personal geodatabase meeting the following requirements:
• Include three feature classes; one each for streets, traffic signals, and neighborhoods.  Each spatial feature in each class should at least have a name attribute; you may include other attributes if you wish.
• Use the Tahlequah DOQQ (35094h83.sid--that's a Mr. Sid formatted file) in the i:\\student\transfer\ziehr\GIS-HW4 folder as a reference for on-screen digitizing.
• Digitize as line features the following streets, avenues, drives, and/or lanes:  Bertha Parker By-Pass (eastside by-pass), Crafton, Downing, Grand, Valley, and Muskogee (you might need to use Mapquest.com to find these  roadways).
  
  • Make your own decision about where Downing Street ends on the east side of town, but at least extend it to Bliss Avenue.
  • Extend Muskogee Avenue at least to its intersection with the Bertha Parker By-Pass on the south side of town.
  • The northern extent of the Bertha Parker By-Pass should go at least as far as its intersection with Grand Avenue.
• Digitize as point features all the currently operating traffic signals along Muskogee Avenue and Downing Street.  The choices you make as to where to end the three streets mentioned above will also influence which traffic signals to include; so everyone may not necessarily have the same ones on their maps.
• Digitize three contiguous "neighborhoods" or portions of the city as polygon features.  I've made up three names Northeast (the polygon bounded by Bertha Parker By-pass, Crafton, and Grand), East Central (bounded by Bertha Parker By-Pass, Crafton, Downing, Grand, Muskogee, and Valley), Southeast (bounded by Bertha Parker By-Pass, Downing, and Muskogee).
• Be sure all the spatial features share the appropriate vertices and/or edges (no overshoots, undershoots, slivers, and gaps).
• Save your geodatabase on a transportable medium (floppy or CD or send via e-mail).  The filename of your geodatabase must be yourlastname-HW4-Prob2.mdb.

• Create a Map Document that displays all the spatial features in your geodatabase on top of the Tahlequah DOQQ.
• Make sure your legend is clearly labeled.  You don't have to create a layout; just a map view will do.
• Bonus (+2 points):  display the three "neigborhoods" in different colors.
• Save your map document on a transportable medium (or send via e-mail) using yourlastname-HW4-Prob2.mxd as the filename.
• Turn in your map document and your geodatabase files.