Analysis
Spatial analysis tools are used to derive and visualize new data to better communicate geospatial information:
- buffer
- merge
- exclude
- select by attribute
- select by location
- extract
- intersect
- summary statistics
- dissolve or generalize
- calculate area
Resource Assessment
GIS is used to collect, analyze, and map data essential to planning. Key layers typically include:
- transportation networks
- elevation contours
- rivers and streams
- lakes, ponds, and wetlands
- watershed boundaries
- water well locations
- property parcels
- zoning
- wildlife habitat
- structures, residential and commercial
- soil types
- parks and conservation lands
- scenic views
- historic sites
- archaeologically sensitive areas