11.521/523: LAB #6 - Metro Boston Modeling using TINs, Model Builder & Community Viz ------------------ Note: (0) Today's Lab #6 not due until after Spring Break (Tuesday, April 3) (1) Homework Set B due Thursday, March 15 (2) In-lab test here next Tuesday (2 past exams are online with answers) (3) Community Viz plug in for ArcGIS (mentioned in today's lab) is NOT available on lab machines Today: (0) Primary focus this week is Homework Set B, lab #5 (raster), and test preparation -- today's lab is exploratory and open ended -- today's lab covers material NOT on next week's in-lab test (1) Discuss next steps for East Boston land value exploration -- Block level land value (per sq.ft) and building value (per gross sq.ft) -- from 'vector' analysis of parcel assessing data (via SQL queries) -- from 'raster' analysis of 1986-95 sales (via zonal statistics for each block) -- 3D visualization in ArcScene and Google Earth (2) Demo use of terrain models: Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) -- hillshade computations -- Drape major roads onto terrain model -- I will demonstrate using 'bostin' folder -- You will explore using eboston05_hp folder --- Extrude the East Boston building footprints above the 3D surface (3) Urban modeling: MetroFuture documentation is in: K:\proj08\metrofuture -- Winds of Change scenario: explore_scenario_woc.pdf -- Powerpoint on MetroFuture: MetroFutureScenarioModeling_040208.ppt -- We will discuss Community Viz and the MetroFuture model briefly in lecture on Thursday, March 22 (the last class before Spring Break)