Month: February 2020

Using ArcGIS was a really interesting process. I have not used GIS or other mapping tools before, and it was interesting to explore all the data already available through the Living Atlas Layers. My map consists of the squirrel data (numbers of squirrels by fur color) and food vendor data (number of food vendors by […]

I found that importing the squirrel data and formatting it into ARCgis was a surprisingly easy process, and chose to keep displaying the data on squirrel color that was used as an example in class. Searching the collections of map overlays contained in the ARCgis system to find something that could give significant information in […]

For my map, I decided to disregard squirrel fur color, although the icons were quite endearing, and instead on tail twitching. The blue dots represent locations at which squirrels were sighted twitching their tails, while the faint grey X’s (almost imperceptible) are locations where squirrels did not twitch their tails. My greatest concern was finding […]

Using a census of the squirrels in New York City’s Central Park was certainly an interesting exercise. I chose to supplement this census with some information about the geographical features of the area; more specifically the tree coverage. I noticed that there were groupings of the locations of squirrels in the data that was generally […]

My map shows both squirrel coverage in Central Park and types of land cover. I feel like it is somewhat related, since it seems reasonable that there would be more squirrels in a park, but since we don’t have squirrel data for outside of the park…. I can’t really say. Overall, I thought the program […]

I created a map using ARCgis that displayed two layers of data in central park in hope that it would show a correlation. I presented the location of squirrel sightings in central park in relation to levels of soil drainage. Interestingly it would seem that there was a correlation, areas that do not drain as […]

I created an interactive map displaying the data from a squirrel counting initiative in Central Park. I combined this information with the base map of the streets and general urban layout of NYC as well as a map showing the slope of the terrain. This second layer reveals information about where the squirrels are most […]

For the ArcGIS activity, I wanted to see if there was any difference between the color of the squirrel and where they were located in Central Park. For example, were the black squirrels found to be largely in the shade or in darker places? Was there really any difference? I chose to do a layer […]

Working with ArcGIS took me back to my final project for archaeological methods class, in which my group used ArcGIS to create a map of the Waterford Mill archaeological site in the arboretum. My map depicts squirrel distribution in Central Park along with tree cover data throughout the world. My project demonstrates that there is […]

It is mind-boggling how efficiently the program can visualize data in such a format. They have really developed their interface and menu options well to be able to customize maps, data visualizations, and comparisons effectively without losing the vast options to offset different features and such. The variety in making the data look a certain […]