2/22/2012 Land Use/Land Cover Change Detection GIS in Health and Planning 2012 Spring Rutgers University by Wansoo Im, Ph.D.

DOWNLOAD MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY HTTP://NJGIN.STATE.NJ.US

DOWNLAOD -> DON’T FORGET TO EXTRACT FILES!

WATERSHED DATA DOWNLOAD WWW.STATE.NJ.US/DEP/GIS

SELECT YEAR OF DATA->CLICK “CONTINUE”

DOWNLOAD THE SHAPEFILE

DON’T FORGET TO EXTRACT FILES AGAIN.

ADD MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY AND WATERSHED SHAPEFILES

CLICK THE FIELD YOU WANT TO MAP

CLICK “ADD ALL VALUES”

LAND USE COLOR PALLETE (LBCS STANDARD) HTTP://WWW.PLANNING.ORG/LBCS/STANDARDS/

<EXTRACT THE SELECTED FEATURE>

OPEN ATTRIBUTE TABLE FROM A MUNICIPAL LAYER -> SELECT THE FEATURE

“ NEW BRUNSWICK” IS SELECTED (HIGHLIGHTED BY BLUE COLOR OF BOUNDARY)

EXPORT THE SELECTED FEATURE

SAVE THE SELECTED FEATURE(EX)NEW BRUNSWICK) AS A SHAPEFILE.

NEWLY-CREATED “NEWBRUNS WICK LAYER(NB)”

CLIP

SELECT THE DIRECTORY (LOCATION WHERE YOU SAVE THE FILE)

INPUT FEATURE(WATERSHED LAYER)/OUTPUT FEATURE(NEW BRUNSWICK LAYER) AND CLICK “OK”

SELECT BY ATTRIBUTE

EXPORT THIS SELECTED LAND USE CHANGE AREAS

SELECT RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THE ATTRIBUTE TABLE.

OUTCOME

STATISTICS