Andy Betz—PRT 505 Assignment #5—Collecting Data and Geoprocessing via ArcGIS Online

Part a. Flowchart--TIC Site Location

Part b.

Part c.

AVG Distance (miles)

Relative Road Density

Green LC (%) Total Population

Lonnie Poole Golf Course 5.06 324.87 27.56 41378North Carolina Museum of Art

3.8 219.96 27.05 22719

Carter Finley Stadium 3.82 228.91 28.6 19278PNC Arena 4.05 236.15 28.77 18837North Carolina State Fairgrounds

2.93 173.98 26.46 34907

Pullen Park 5.02 246.67 20.43 48571State Farmers Market 5.71 349.24 25.44 42876

Part d.

When taking a close look at both of the items in Part b and Part c above, it is very clear for

where the best possible site would be for a Tourism Information Center (TIC) in the Southwestern

portion of Raleigh, NC. By taking a close look at the map and 2 mile buffer zones, each of the 7 sites

overlap in some fashion on the map, so taking a close look at that area where all of the sites overlap

would most likely be the best place to locate the TIC. The chart in Part c. reveals that the travel distance

between each of the sites is no more than 5.71 miles and at a minimum of 2.93 miles. Each of the

selected sites is very accessible to one another and each of the sites are frequently visited by both locals

and visitors to the Raleigh Area. The Total Population within the buffered areas is also a figure which is

very beneficial when looking to locate the proper location for the TIC. Each of the areas is heavily

populated with the least populated area, around the PNC Arena and Carter Finley Stadium and the most

highly populated area, around Pullen Park. Along with the Total Population at each of these facilities,

many tourists will also visit each of these areas/attractions to take in the many different activities

affiliated with each area, including the NC State Fairgrounds which will attract approximately 1 million

people from all over the state and other states over a 10 day period in October.

Some of the key lessons that I learned from this assignment were that I continue to be amazed

at the amount of information available to collect data for a given area. The Collector App was very

interesting to use for this project as well. I found it very interesting, once I uploaded the information

from the field and took a picture of a particular site how it pretty much immediately would be added to

my map in Arc GIS online for this assignment. The technology in today’s world is constantly evolving and

this class has certainly opened my eyes to where we are heading in the future.