Lab 4 – Tsunami Disaster Impacts

This map shows the possible effects of a local tsunami on the Oregon Coast, focusing on Coos County. It breaks down the impacts on housing, population and infrastructure while also providing suggestions for aid tent locations in the event of a tsunami.

Lab 1: GIS Review

Required Maps from Lab 1. Different Projections, Data Classification and use of Cartography to compare projections.

Unemployment Rate by State in the Continental U.S. as of November 2016. Intervals classified by defined classification and using 3 classes.

Unemployment Rates by state in the Continental U.S.. Classified by Equal Interval Method and 5 classes.

Continental U.S. Unemployment Rate. Classified by the Quantile Method using 3 classes.

Comparison of Different Map Projections. This was done to show how certain map projections distort the same land formations differently.