Tianjun Hou || December 18, 2014

Modeling Geographic Objects Final Project

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Zambia is in Southern Africa.

Zambia has 7 provinces.

Most of the landmass in Zambia is a high plateau lying between 910 and 1,370 m above sea level.

ArcGlobeDissolve + Select by Attributes

Label

Mask + ArcScene

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Rich water resources

Underdeveloped hydropower industry

Select by water area type + Export data

IDW & Graduated symbols + Label expression([SUM_MW]+”MW”

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Power Generating

Capacity

Copper Smelters

National Parks

Ideal areas should be

• Far from national parks

• Close to copper smelters

• With low generating capacity

In the ideal areas, ideal spots should be

• On the river

• At the slope edge

Ideal spots for hydropower plants

RiversIdeal areas

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Far from national parks

Georeference image + Spatial adjustment

Draw polygons

Buffer 20km + Clip

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Near copper smelters

In area with low power generating capacity

Join

Closest + Statistics + Edit table Contain + Statistics + Edit table

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TotalScore=0Closest to copper smelters & least power supply

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Far from national parks

Close to copper smelters

Low generating capacities

Ideal areas to build hydropower plants

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(1)

(1)×(2)=(3)

(2)

Union + Select + Export

Select + Export

Intersect

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Slope edges of ideal areas

Rivers in Zambia

Ideal spots to build hydropower plants

Mask + Raster to TIN + TIN Edge

Intersect (output: point)

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Linear unit: 20 kilometers

FID=0

Contain

Closest

CapScore

CopScore

CapScore=Fix(Sum_MW)/5-1

CopScore=Fix(HowFar) Total=CapScore+CopScore

Total=0

Output type: Point

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Africa topography http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=30e5fe3149c34df1ba922e6f5bbf808f

Zambia administrative area http://www.diva-gis.org/datadown

Zambia copper smelters data http://mrdata.usgs.gov/copper/

Zambia inland water http://www.diva-gis.org/datadown

Zambia national parks map http://www.zambiatourism.com/media/Zambia-Map-10.jpg

Zambia power plants data http://www.infrastructureafrica.org/library/doc/789/zambia-power-plants-data

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