LEC.314 Practical 5 Onshore Wind Turbines Site Suitability

Flashcards for reviewing key concepts and tools discussed in the LEC.314 Practical 5 Onshore Wind Turbines Site Suitability lecture.

What is a common vector data format used in ArcGIS Pro?

Shapefile (.shp)

What is a common raster data format used in ArcGIS Pro?

Geotiff

What should you do with zipped data before adding it to ArcGIS?

Extract the files

Where is it advised to store feature (vector) data?

Within a file geodatabase

What type of data is suitable to store with a filename extension, e.g., landcover.tif?

Raster datasets stored outside of a geodatabase

What website discussed in the lecture is useful for UK administrative boundaries?

UK Data Service

What type of information is important to keep track of when working on a GIS project?

Metadata

What should be set to restrict the spatial extent of geoprocessing outputs?

Processing Extent

What tool is used to combine raster tiles into one raster?

Mosaic to New Raster

What tool is used to create a simplified raster dataset from a more complex one?

Reclassify Tool

What tool is used to create a continuous raster from point (vector) data?

IDW Tool

What tool is used to change the format of vector data to raster data?

Polygon to Raster tool

What tool is uses to create a raster from a polyline road feature that shows the density of roads per km2?

Line Density tool

What tool is used to create rasters from vector data that define thresholds for within a distance criteria?

Euclidean Distance and Cell Statistics tools

What tool is used to generate a slope raster dataset from a digital elevation dataset?

Slope tool

What type of files can be removed from the Windfarm folder once the data has been successfully extracted to save space?

Zip files

What should the cell size reflect in environment settings?

Data inputs, level of detail required and size of study area

What criteria does the analysis mask that is currently set to the boundary of Lancaster District fulfill?

Should be within Lancaster district

What should the cell size be set to for this exercise?

50

What tool can be used to preserve the minimum values for multiple rasters?

Cell Statistics Tool