For the last few days, I've been working on organizing and re-formating the NCTA Public Data. I'm stripping out the points of interest and keeping the parking, camping and water data. I don't exactly have a plan for this project. And this project consists of projects within it. What I'm really after is:
- NCTA's camping data
- Merged chapter tracks proofread and edited
- Expanded camping/ lodging data out to 3 - 4 miles from trail.
- Determine if state and local reservations have dispersed camping?
- Mile markers in 6 of 8 states by chapters, partners, affiliates and at-large areas.
- government and park reservation map overlays
- apply National Forest Service polygons
- Mock hike written simulation, both westbound and eastbound
Goal: predict true thru hiker's arrivals on Whipple and Road Fork Sections - Buckeye/ North Country Trail so that Adventurer's Project and the chapter that may result from it
Showing posts with label GIS data. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GIS data. Show all posts
2017/12/25
2016/11/06
Log 2016111601
I replaced the 700W power supply unit in The Robot. While it seems to have fixed the drive problems in my forth hard disk. But I didn't do anything for working with the GIS data from the North Country Trail Assocition (NCTA). I renamed most of the tracks by state and proceeded to try and move them by click, highlight and drag. But Google Earth always crashes even if the NCTA tracks are unchecked (not displayed). They will move by cut and paste, but that's going to drag out my project. However, at this time, I don't see much else I can do about that. From what I can tell, the NCTA tracks are loaded with GIS information in the properties and I think that might be the cause?
And my single track for the North Country Trail (NCT) in North Dakota is nowhere to be found. I previously merged that to determine its low and high points. I plan to perform trail maintenance on the Whipple Section - Buckeye/ North Country Trail for four days next week. Maybe when I get back, I can start a better search for this file?
And my single track for the North Country Trail (NCT) in North Dakota is nowhere to be found. I previously merged that to determine its low and high points. I plan to perform trail maintenance on the Whipple Section - Buckeye/ North Country Trail for four days next week. Maybe when I get back, I can start a better search for this file?
2015/04/29
Log 2015042901
- Shapefiles concerning mining areas were download from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, but they wouldn't load on Google Earth, or ArcGIS Explorer. Nor was there a way to convert ArcGIS's .nmf file into a KML.
- I found that my free trial of Google Earth Pro expired. It was uninstalled from my media center computer, otherwise known as "The Robot."
- An email was sent to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources requesting GIS data on mines in the state.
- New shapefiles were downloaded that show the boundaries of every ODNR land.
- I made waypoints for things mentioned in Whipple Section - Buckeye Trail's October 2010 guide from Points 1 - 5. I now know that the section has three USGS named ridges, instead of two. The ones that I knew were Bean and Pine Ridges. But one that I uncovered in the guide was Bell Ridge.
- The B & N Coal Lands, a 3,000 acre hunting land that's listed with the ODNR - Division of Wildlife was discovered between Whipple Section - Buckeye Trail, Points 15 - 17. A polygon was acquired for the land and it shows the section's on-road trail being routed right through it.
- B & N also appears on ODNR's website here.
- Waypoints that were taken on my smartphone were imported into Google Earth and saved to my places. They mostly pertained to BCSED items, which are bridges, causeways, stairs, erosion bars and displays. Other than that, a few parking areas.
- Tasks were made to determine the feasibility of mentioned parking areas, explore the coal lands, inform the BTA of a restaurant
- The location of Dodd Hill was plotted as a waypoint on my records for the Road Fork Section.
- My master track for Whipple Section was cut up into each road, then organized by township, county, Ohio Department of Transportation and the National Forest Service. My duties as a section supervisor state that I am to maintain good relations with landowners. I know it, the adjacent property owners lines actually go to the centerline of the road and that's where they're property taxed to. But the government has an easement the accommodates the road and perhaps some utilities. So, it's a property with a right to pass and from what I'm told, ownership of that area belongs to both. And now that I have this data for the government, I now know as far as they're concerned who owns what and where. Whenever I want such information, I can now just call it up.
- I found that my free trial of Google Earth Pro expired. It was uninstalled from my media center computer, otherwise known as "The Robot."
- An email was sent to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources requesting GIS data on mines in the state.
- New shapefiles were downloaded that show the boundaries of every ODNR land.
- I made waypoints for things mentioned in Whipple Section - Buckeye Trail's October 2010 guide from Points 1 - 5. I now know that the section has three USGS named ridges, instead of two. The ones that I knew were Bean and Pine Ridges. But one that I uncovered in the guide was Bell Ridge.
- The B & N Coal Lands, a 3,000 acre hunting land that's listed with the ODNR - Division of Wildlife was discovered between Whipple Section - Buckeye Trail, Points 15 - 17. A polygon was acquired for the land and it shows the section's on-road trail being routed right through it.
- B & N also appears on ODNR's website here.
- Waypoints that were taken on my smartphone were imported into Google Earth and saved to my places. They mostly pertained to BCSED items, which are bridges, causeways, stairs, erosion bars and displays. Other than that, a few parking areas.
- Tasks were made to determine the feasibility of mentioned parking areas, explore the coal lands, inform the BTA of a restaurant
- The location of Dodd Hill was plotted as a waypoint on my records for the Road Fork Section.
- My master track for Whipple Section was cut up into each road, then organized by township, county, Ohio Department of Transportation and the National Forest Service. My duties as a section supervisor state that I am to maintain good relations with landowners. I know it, the adjacent property owners lines actually go to the centerline of the road and that's where they're property taxed to. But the government has an easement the accommodates the road and perhaps some utilities. So, it's a property with a right to pass and from what I'm told, ownership of that area belongs to both. And now that I have this data for the government, I now know as far as they're concerned who owns what and where. Whenever I want such information, I can now just call it up.
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