This week we had to prepare a series of data layers for next week's Homeland Security lab. In fact much of the work was done for us, but there were still some challenges. I didn't have trouble unzipping data or finding enough space on my H drive (although I may soon run out of space), but the challenging part was more about working backward from the end of the instructions (within a given section) when I couldn't make complete sense of what the end of the section should be. The road section directions were a problem for me so I ended up doing much of the original directions to get to the same endpoint. The lab was useful for getting an better understanding of how to group layers, and I am delighted that I was able to rectify the projection of one raster that initially was a long way away from the site in Colorado. And finally, I am glad that we are learning about how to organize the data and the environments within ArcGIS.
One map is just the screenshot which is intended to display the group layers that we created (or manipulated). The other, which is a "real" map, i.e. containing layout items, is a larger-scale map showing the location of the NORAD site in relation to the elevation. I didn't want to change the labels of the group layers in case I didn't change them all back correctly, so they are labeled with my initials as per the layers.
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