Weeks 7-8 -GIS - Data Search

This map is a combination of elevation data (DEMs) and surface water
data and also shows a DOQQ centered on Saint Petersburg, the largest
city in Pinellas County.

During Weeks 7 and 8 we had lots of practice in searching for data, reprojecting the data and assembling into our own map designs for a particular county, in this case, Pinellas County.  To this set of maps I added vector data for county boundaries (for Florida and for Pinellas County), cities and towns, major roads, public lands, hydrography, land cover, and invasive plant occurrences, as well as Digital Elevation Model and Digital Orthgraphic quarter-quad raster images.  My sources were the USGS National Map website, and the Florida Geographic Data Library website.

This last two weeks was a lot of work, but I am impressed with the fact that I'm gaining the tools that will make it possible to go out and find the data I need and put it onto a map (for anywhere in the United States at least).

This map displays land cover data from a USGS raster file.
For reference, cities and towns and major roads are also shown.

This map compares sites of invasive plant species occurrences
with locations of public parks and recreational areas,
major roads, and public and private lands identified
by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory  as
Florida Conservation Lands for Pinellas County, Florida.