SITING A CAMPGROUND IN THE BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST
OVERVIEW:
The US Forest Service wants to expand the campgrounds available in the Bankhead National Forest. They have contracted with your company to perform a GIS siting analysis. Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to site a campground in the best possible location and then to justify your recommendation to the USFS District Manager.
DATA LAYERS:
Water bodies (water.shp) |
Roads |
Scenic Management Systems (sms.shp) |
Soil Survey Maps (soils.shp) |
Special Use Areas |
Streams |
Surface Ownership (surfown.shp) |
Timber Compartments (cmoparts.shp) |
Timber Stands |
Trails |
USGS Quad Boundaries (quads.shp) |
Continuous Inventory of Stand Conditions (cisc.shp) |
Digital Elevation Model |
Other data layers you find or create as needed |
SITING CRITERIA:
The US Forest Service is relying on your expertise to determine the criteria (don't let them down).
RESULTS
:Your results will be presented at the end of class (3:00 pm) on Saturday, preferably in a concise, flowing presentation including the criteria you chose and why, the analyses you performed and your final recommendation.
GOOD LUCK!