Exercise 1: Model Builder

Exercise 1: Model Builder

Introduction
The goal of this lab is to find suitable land for the creation of a new ski resort. The criteria that are necessary for the ski resort include, the ski resort has to be within a national park, it must be within 40 miles of a public airport with a tower, snowfall for the area must be greater than 240in, and the mean winter temperature must be below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Also the project figures out the compactness and areas squared in kilometers.

Methods
The clip tool was used to get all of the data with in the area of study. SQL queries were used to find areas that received more than 240 in a year as well as to find areas that had winters with the mean less than 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The intersect tool was used to combine the 4 requirements to give us areas that met the given criteria. With the intersect complete some basic math tools were used to find the compactness and area squared in kilometers.

(Figure 1.1) 

Results
Figure 1.2 shows the results of the model above. Areas in blue are suitable ski resort areas and the areas in grey are not. Figure 1.3 shows the results of the compactness and the kilometers squared.

(Figure 1.2)

(Figure 1.3)

Sources
All data was supplied by Dr. Cristina Hupy