SLC S22W5 Mapping My Daily Activity
You will be collecting several points during one day. ( IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO COLLECT A POINT AT HOME ) As many points as you want: At bus stops, markets, squares, museums, transport terminals, sports fields, shopping malls, walkways, any place you visit/frequent or simply that you want. |
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I have been able to collect about 5 point.
Point 1-A radio station
Point 2-A church
Point 3-Shopping mall
Point 4-Eatery
Point 5-Hospital.
I didn't have where to go but because I cannot generate these points staying at home, I had to go to places where I can generate my points.
 Point 1&2 |  Point 3 |
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 Point 4 |  Point 5 |
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Once you have all the points, you will trace the roads of those points you visited |
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From my image above, you can see that I have traced all the roads leading and joining all the points.
Taking as a reference the first point they took, they must make a polygon in that place and then a Buffer that covers the entire route they took during that day |
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Here is my first point. I have made a polygon on the first point.
I have made a buffer that covered the entire route I took for the day. To create my buffer, here are my steps...
 | I clicked on the GIS tool |
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| Here, I clicked on create buffer |  |
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 | Then I clicked on fix length |
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| I added the length of my buffer and then clicked on create buffer |  |
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How much distance did you travel (in linear meters and in the buffer) and how many places did you visit? |
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• For the radio station, I traveled 45,402.219 m²
• For the church, I traveled 140,104.802 m²
• For the shopping mall I covered 125,672.189 m²
• I was able to cover 13,999.909 m² for the eatery
• And lastly, 79,094.652 m² for the hospital
• In buffer, I traveled 4,830,576.739 m²
It's obvious from my descriptions that I visited 5 places
I have sent my KML file to you sir.
Describe the route you took. What is the road like? What did you find? Is it a busy or quiet area? Are there many shops? What type? Analyze your route |
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This is a central road in my city. Although not many would pass through it before getting to their destination but it's a route foud at the peak of the state.
There are so many other roads channeling to this route and here you can find lots of stores, churches, bank, fuel stations, schools, and other firms.
It is a very busy route with so many activities. Most morning hours, there are traffic jams all over the place that may cause workers and school pupils to be late. It is one central road leading to the main town of the city.
You must be an expert in mapping though it seems stressful from the time traveled to cover all the five points. But this is so great and amazing to me, I must say am learning this part for the very first time in life. Nice coming across this post.