Lab 1: Eau Claire Confluence Project Site Proposal

Introduction

The goal of this lab was to act as an intern at Clear Vision Eau Claire, Clear Vision is a county wide initiative to develop a collaborative vision for Eau Claire. The area this focuses on is the confluence where the Eau Claire river meets the Chippewa river. The lab was designed to learn how to use data sets to construct base maps for the Confluence Project Site Proposal. The base maps that were created show civil divisions, census boundaries, PLSS features, parcel data, zoning, and voting districts.

Methods

To create these base maps first research was conducted on the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), and legal information on the proposed cite was obtained from the city of Eau Claire. This information was used to layout the maps.

To understand the data that was being worked with I viewed each part of the data to familiarize myself with it. and understand the area of the proposed site.

Then in ArcMap six maps were created by digitizing and layering the correct information. Understanding the importance of visual hierarchy is important when creating these maps because information needs to be displayed in a way that is easy to look at and provides necessary the information.

Results

This collection of data shown in the maps shows this to be a good spot for the Confluence Project because it is in a semi densely populated commercial area. This makes it an ideal spot due to being a public space that will gain use from the public due to the high population in the area.

Sources

Hemstead, B. (2015). PLSS-Legal Descriptions. Retrieved from http://www.sco.wisc.edu/plss/legal-descriptions.html

City of Eau Claire and Eau Claire County

Web links:

https://www2.uwec.edu/News/more/confluenceprojectFAQs.htm

http://communityfortheconfluence.org/