This time we’re taking a look at coyote patterns in part of Utah, working with XY data from radio/GPS collars, and learning more about how to take that data of positions over time to give us an idea of how large or small of a home range these specific animals might have. Along the way … Read more
Part 1 Part of the GIS course I’m currently enrolled in has us working on a large final project this semester. This week we are working on the data acquisition part of the project, as the larger project (and my posts about it) will be helpfully broken up into more manageable chunks over the next … Read more
This time we’re working on comparing four different elevation sources for a particular area in southeastern Utah. The goal is to observe/”equalize” the four datasets in the same area so that we can see what differences are present and what implications they might have for future analysis. For clarity below a 10m DEM means that … Read more
In this post I was learning to combine and manipulate rasters in ArcGIS Pro in order to locate a suitable habitat for the Mexican Spotted Owl in southeastern Utah, in the United States. I found this project interesting not only for the problem at hand, but also the level of complexity. For me, it was … Read more
Learning to use the Route tool for an efficient travel path In the advanced GIS course I’m enrolled in, this week we dove into one of ArcGIS Pro’s Networking tools, Route, using it to help solve the problem of choosing an efficient route between multiple remote testing sites. Leaving from the Fillmore Utah BLM Field … Read more
My name is Duke Papworth, though I generally go by some variation of dpapworth in online spaces. I was encouraged to consider creating my own portfolio/blog type site in a recent university class so I thought I’d give it a shot. My plan for this site it to post portfolio-type write-ups on my projects as … Read more
