Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
| 11.188: Urban Planning and Social
Science Laboratory |
| 11.520: Workshop on GIS (2nd half-semester) |
April 5, 2021: Lab Exercise 5 (continued) + Applications
Lab #5: Out: Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 2:30 pm
(EST) -- Due: Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 2:30pm (EST)
Administrative Notes
- TEST RESULTS:
- Graded exams are on Stellar
- Generally, the class did well with an average around
90 and a standard deviation of 8.
- LATE HOMEWORK
- It is not yet too late to turn in past-due exercises
and homework - but it will be soon
- Focus on finishing Homeworks and we will cap late
mark down at 4 points (out of 100)
- Lab #5 is *not* required for
those only taking 11.205
- Homework #3 (raster analysis) is
online and due Wednesday, April 14, 2021
- Adds new criterion to problem of
locating a Cambridge Senior Center
- High concentration of poor
seniors within a 1000 radius of the selected site
- Picks up where Homework #2 left
off
- But use finalresult.shp
as if they are the acceptable locations form
Homework #2 (not your own results)
- PRELIMINARY PROJECT PROPOSAL is
due today on Stellar
- One paragraph with topic,
spatial analysis element, and possible data sources
- This is to facilitate discussion
with us and is not graded beyond checkoff
Today
- Continue working on Lab #5 (raster analysis) from last
Wednesday
- Raster-based spatial Analysis
- Note importance of coordinate
system, extents (bounding box), and cell size
- To generate raster grids that
line up with one another
- To have constant cell size
with desired area on the ground
- Advanced Raster Analysis example
- UN Office for Outer space
Affairs (UN-SPIDER) Knowledge Portal
- Within 'Advisory Support /
Recommended Practices' tab:
- Finish and upload your Preliminary
Project Proposal to Stellar
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