UCR Geo 157 Labs

Selection of labs from Geology 157 Geographic Information Systems at UC Riverside.

Lab 2

Riverside County with County Roads clipped.

GPS coordinate collection exercise overlaid on orthoimagery.

Lab 4

Spacial Interpolations of rainfall volumes across California.

Lab 5

Earthquakes within California by severity.

Earthquakes within California by severity and earthquakes in close proximity to major faults.

Faults colored by slip rate and heatmap of earthquake density.

Final Project

The goal of this project was to locate areas for the potential development of mountain biking/hiking trails
Several criteria for suitable locations were developed.

• Areas must be on public land
• Areas must have a desirable slope. Flat ground isn't preferable for mountain biking, neither are cliffs
• Finally it was decided to limit the scope of the data to within fifty miles of UC Riverside

Riverside County with clipped county roads

Riverside County public lands

Individual segments of national elevation dataset covering Western Riverside County

Gradient of slope values taken from NED, clipped to within fifty miles of UC Riverside

Slopes reclassified into two values(effectively viable and non-viable

Areas of Desired Slope clipped to Public Lands

Final Product: Intersection of Public Land and land with Desirable Slope