05 June 2010

06.09.10 Deliverable #1

This map was created as part of UWF's Applications in GIS class Unit 4 class project deliverable one: Deep Horizon Oil Spill; Fishing Closure Boundaries. Longitude and Latitude coordinates were obtained from existing NOAA maps, input into excel and imported into ArcMap. We created a new polygon shapefile, started an editing session to create the boundary layer from the imported point file and then exported the boundary file as a kml file. My first go round my kml file put me on the NW corner of the Galapagos Island. Upon reopening the mxd file, I noticed one of my coordinates was along the equator. I deleted the files and started over.


1 comment:

Deb Van Patten said...

Very nice, Sue! I'm still working through this one, and you're an inspiration!