Biscayne Shipwrecks - Analyze Week
In the previous week, students added and compiled the essential ingredients that they would need to create a study of the Biscayne National Park Maritime Heritage Trail shipwrecks. This la focused on investigating the environment in which the shipwrecks lie. This can be done using available environmental data to compile and run processes to generate weighted overlays that indicate areas with attributes similar to those where the shipwrecks are located. This can be a valuable guide and/or tool for conducting marine surveys, as it can indicate areas where potential for shipwrecks is higher. There are many factors that cab be visualized in GIS with relation to shipwrecks such as oceanographic data on tides and currents and marine energy, as well as water chemistry, temperature, and prevailing winds and weather patterns.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Convert vector data to raster
- Quantify raster information
- Classify bathymetric data
- Generate a weighted overlay
- Familiarize yourself with shipwreck location modeling in the archaeological literature
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT AWARDS
The following student was chosen for their exception work on the Biscayne Shipwrecks - Analyze Week assignment:
Steven Kieffer
What we like: Besides being technically sound and accomplishing everything the assignment asked for, what helped Steve stand out was simply good presentation. So many students do the technical side well, but rush through aspects of map layout and specific. Steve used his data frames to effectively "chunk up" his presentation and no one map is particularly overwhelmed with text or detail. By applying a wide or shaded background to particular map elements, he ensured that these stand out and communicate to the reader.
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