In this week's lab, we created multiple suitability analyses using vector and raster tools. In part A of the assignment, we primarily used vector tools to narrow down suitable mountain lion habitat. The Buffer tool, Union tool, and SQL Query were the most useful in part A since they help eliminate areas that were unsuitable mountain lion habitat. We were able to find out that only 7% of the study area met the criteria for suitable mountain lion habitat. The parts B and C is where things got kind of tricky since we were had to convert some of the vector data into raster data. The tools that were used for these parts were Euclidean distance tool, Reclassify tool, Raster Calculator, and Polygon to Raster tool. Using these tools allowed me to assign different values that provided visual proof of what areas were more suitable than others. I was able to combine those values of each raster dataset into one gave a better visual presentation of the data.
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