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Thursday, March 9, 2017

Steve Cofone, UR - Maps, keeping guys from having to ask for directions for 100's of years!

Randomly chosen fishing spots 1-4  Right click, then open in new tab

This is a link to the fishing spots that I drew out of a hat. Its an interactive ARCGIS map.
You can click on the Pins and the info will come up in a pop-up window,  so far its just spot 1 through spot 4.
But as I progress, I will be adding information such as the GPS coordinates, pictures of the spot, date and time I have fished those spots as well as any catch and pertinent information such as moon phase, tide, bait used and weather conditions.
The same link will take you there as I add the information, it will automatically update.

I can also add layers as they come available and I am able to find them, unfortunately Flagler County charges it's residents for GIS information and layers, The most recent aerial photography I found was from 2005, which is irrelevant as Flagler/Palm Coast has changed greatly since then.
I am doing an internship for Flagler County Land Manager for another class I am taking, part of this internship will be using ARCGIS for the county, so maybe I will be able to pull some good layers when I start that work, you will have to "Stay-tuned" to see what I can dig up.

I have also made this into a "collector" app in GIS, this enables me to instantly gather information directly on my phone, whether I have service or not (It will update automatically as I enter back into a service area) and continue my research past this school project and in the future if I desire too.

The random selection worked out well, I got a pretty decent mix of spots, there are 2 intercoastal spots, 1 intracoastal spot, and 1 freshwater lake with surrounding wetlands and water inlets from run-off.

The most exciting thing for myself was the fact that I went into ARCGIS and was able to design and manipulate a map in a relative short amount of time! I took ARCGIS 2040 with Al Hill 2 years ago now, and its good to know that what I learned in that class has stayed with me and is not something I forgot. I wonder sometimes as I have went through school how much of this massive amount of information I will retain when I finally enter the job force?
Doing this part reinforced that I am not only learning the information I am retaining it.





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