Reference no: EM133867275
Practical Assessment
A land management company is in the process of selecting a suitable site for a new irrigation channel. They must map the soil type and land use within 200 metres of the proposed irrigation channel.
The land use classified with a LUCODE of 100 requires additional expenses for constructing the irrigation channel. The company needs to know:
The total land area with a LUCODE of 100 within 200 meters of the proposed irrigation channel.
The area covered by each soil suitability type (0, 1, 2, and 3) within the same 200- metre buffer, as different resources are required for construction depending on the soil type.
Your tasks:
You are required to produce:
A comprehensive map for the land management company to use for this development, clearly highlighting the areas described above:
Soil suitability types (0, 1, 2, and 3).
Areas with land use LUCODE 100 within 200 meters of the irrigation channel.
You will also need to provide the relevant details to the project manager by answering all the questions below:
Question 1. How many records have a LUCODE of 100 in the original file?
Question 2. What is the total land area (in m2) with LUCODE 100 within the 200 m buffer?
Question 3. What is the land area (in m2) for each soil type (0, 1, 2, and 3)?
Question 4. What is the respective area (in m2) of each soil suitability type that overlaps with land use LUCODE 100 within the 200 m buffer?
The land management company has also identified the locations of certain essential resources (such as water and sand). These locations are provided in a shapefile named POI_IrrigationProject.shp.
They require further analysis (answer to the following questions):
Question 5. Provide a table showing the shortest distance from each point to the proposed irrigation line, highlighting the resource type (1 = water and 2 = sand).
Question 6. How many resource locations (for each type: sand and water) are within 200 metres of the irrigation channel?
Question 7. What is the average distance of the resource locations (for each type: sand and water) to the irrigation channel?
Question 8. Which specific resource (for each type: sand and water) is closest to the irrigation channel?
Additional Instructions:
Before starting the GIS analysis, take a few minutes to think about the problem and plan your approach.
You must include a conceptual model with your submission, which can be:
A bullet-point list of steps to solve the problem, including the GIS tools used, or
A simple flowchart illustrating your workflow.