Michele Golden
Siena College
October 16, 2012
Introduction
The
Friends of Clifton Park Open Space would like to update the maps they have to
better represent the natural resource values of each parcel of land. These maps
and spreadsheets will be used as a tool to help evaluate land that may be
developed and help preserve land in Western Clifton Park.
The
current rating system for the land parcels numbers is inadequate, as there are
too many brackets that parcels can fall into. This leaves some parcels that
have good resources left with low scores and therefore the map portrays them as
not favorable. An improvement in the rating system needs to be looked at. The
data spread sheets also need to be updated so that FCPOS can modify the
spreadsheet and see the change on the map immediately.
The
focus of this project is to continue with the “Natural Resource Value of Land
in Western Clifton Park: a Student Internship Project for the FCPOS,” a final
report by a former student. The goal is to update, modify, and improve upon the
report to make the final representation in the map more realistic to what is
present in the Town of Clifton Park.
Objectives
·
Create
an unlocked version of data spreadsheets so FCPOS can change data if necessary
·
Analyze
current scoring system and consider other options that would present the data
best
·
In
cooperation with FCPOS, select the best rating system and update the data
spreadsheets and final maps
·
Create
two disks with 4 maps each
(Habitat/Woodlands, Water, Agriculture, Total Natural Resource Value)
o
One
for the Town of Clifton Park (no labels)
o
One
for FCOPS (labels that can be turned on)
Methodology
I
will use GIS to analyze the rating system and see what would work best to
represent the space best.
Data
Sources
·
“Natural
Resource Value of Land in Western Clifton Park: a Student Internship for the
FCPOS”
Work
Plan
October Make
initial meeting with FCPOS to confer with representative
Look
over previous report
Analyze
current rating system
November Second
meeting with FCPOS
o
Have
data spreadsheet unlocked
o
Present
options for rating system
Update
data spreadsheet to display new rating system
Create
final versions; one fore Town of CP and one for FCPOS
December Present results of final project to FCPOS
Deliverables
1.
Disk
for Town of Clifton Park
2.
Disk
for FCPOS
3.
New
spreadsheet and mapping software
4. Large
size print outs of the 4 maps for FCPOS
