Week 11: Geodocding, Network Analyst & Model Builder

First on the list this week:  1)geocode Emergency Management Service sites for Lake County, FL (addresses from LakeEMS.org).  Utilized US Census Bureau Tiger line files after downloading and projecting.  Set up and address locator.  Utilized table provided with addresses of the locations for Lake County, FL EMS locations to geocode (tie an address to a place in the map).  Then researched using Bing maps, the source web site LakeEMS.org to locate those unmatched locations and either selected a candidate from the interactive rematch window or manually placed locations.


Next this week 2)Network Analyst: utilize Arc GIS extension Network Analyst to create a simple route map output.  Utilized Network Analyst (customize-extensions-network analyst) to add stops.  In the Route properties window (layer properties) from the network analyst window I specified route to be calculated based on travel time in minutes based on a specific day and time.  Clicked the solve button from the network analyst toolbar.  Looked at the Directions window from the network analyst tool bar.  Saved as mxd.  Here is my map with the EMS locations, Lake County boundary, Streets layer, and the optimal route showing my 3 stops.

Lastly this week 3)explored simple model in Model Builder.  This exercise was completed in ESRI Virtual Campus.  Performed edits to an existing model.  Input=Blue Oval, Rectangle=Tool, Output=Green Oval.  Not sure if the colors and shapes are universal for all models or specific to this one.  This model created buffers, performed an intersect of the buffers and final dissolved borders of the intersect to create polygons.  Here is a screen shot of the model (looks like flow chart!)