Background: The purpose of this projects was to use our skills we have learned and apply them to a real world project. The city of Eau Claire, Wisconsin is working on a project that will add a new Arts Center in downtown Eau Claire. In 2012, Clear Vision Eau Claire announced this project, called the "Confluence Project", to beginning in 2014. This projects is focused on enhancing the cultural center of city and the University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire.
Goal: To further our skills with ArcMap and ArcCatalog programs and apply them to maps surrounding the Confluence Project location.
Methods: Maps going left to right in order 1,2,3.4,5,6. Legends are added to the maps to represent different data.
Map 1: I first digitized the Confluence Project proposed site by using the editor and polygon tool and added the proposed site to each map. This is a map of the civil divisions of the county of Eau Claire. I captured data from Eau Claire County and the City of Eau Claire and added them to the map. I also added a basemap, World Imagery, to the background from the ArcMap basemaps. All maps contain the same basemap in the background. This map is zoomed around the city of Eau Claire and has labels of Civil Divisions and the Confluence Project proposed site.
Map 2: This is a map of Census boundaries. I gathered data from the City of Eau Claire and Eau Claire County. I then added block groups and tracts data to the map. We were assigned to choose a random symbology category to represent the map. I choose 2007 population per square mile. I choose a good difference of warm colors and cool colors to represent the data.
Map 3 This map shows the Public Land Survey System, PLSS, districts of the proposed site area. The data was gather again from the City of Eau Claire and Eau Claire County. PLSS quarter quarter was added to map to and zoomed in to show the how the districts are formed.
Map 4 The next step in the map creation was to to show Parcel Areas. Parcel Areas, Centerlines, and Water were added to the map from the City of Eau Claire and Eau Claire County. This map shows the many parcel areas in the region of the proposed site. It helps understand what areas belong to the proposed site of the Confluence Project. This map has a lot of color, getting the right colors to help read the map is tricky. I am still a little unsatisfied with my selection.
Map 5: Map 5 is a map of the different types of buildings in the proposed site area. It represents the zoning areas in different buildings. This map will help in deciding where the best place it is to build something in relation to the other buildings around. The proposed site is surrounded by a river and central business districts, the location seems to have a very cultural feel. In order to create a clean legend some grouping was applied to all of the labels.
Map 6 Voting districts from 2011 were gathered from the City of Eau Claire and Eau Claire County. This map represents the voting districts that surround the proposed site. This map was fairly easy to create and adding the numbers to each voting district is key.
Results: These six maps help understand the area where the proposed site of a new Cultural Center is located. It is in a location of high population and close to the University. With the site being right on the Chippewa River and Eau Claire River, I think it gives it a great cultural feel and beauty.
Sources: City of Eau Claire and Eau Claire County 2013
Eau Claire Community Arts Center. Retrieved from
http://www.eauclairearts.com/confluence/
Universtiy of Wisconsin Eau Claire News. Retrieved from
http://www.uwec.edu/News/more/confluenceprojectFAQs.htm
Kupfer, T . (5/17/2013). $85 million "Confluence Project" coming downtown. Retrieved
http://volumeone.org/news/1/posts/2012/05/15/3134_arts_center
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