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Pipeline routing using
GIS identifies most with
spatial tradition
Spatial analysis, using
maps to convey
information, analyzing
real world phenomenon
across space.
Objectives
Create a cost raster from multiple variables showing suitable and unsuitable areas
for pipeline construction
Use the cost raster to generate a least cost path connecting a point in the 1002
area to the Trans Alaskan Pipeline System (TAPS)
Methods
LCP analysis covered in GIS 3
Common criteria for pipeline routing include landcover,
slope, soil, geology, landslides, wetlands, residential,
distance from roads, streams.
I chose 6 variables: Slope, geology, landcover, rocky
areas, distance from steams and populated places.
Also exclusion of water bodies.
Reclassified on a scale from 1 5.
1 = Least suitable, 5 = Most suitable
Weighting applied to give certain variables more
influence.
DEM
Slope
Slope Raster
Reclassify
Streams
Euclidean
Distance
Stream Raster
Reclassify
Populated Places
Euclidean
Distance
Populated Places
Raster
Reclassify
Geology
Feature to
Raster
Geology Raster
Reclassify
Landscape
Feature to
Raster
Rocky Areas
Raster
Reclassify
Water Bodies
Feature to
Raster
Water Bodies
Raster
Reclassify
Landcover
Reclassify
Weighted Overlay
Cost Raster
North Slope Science Catalog:2013 NSSI Landcover for North Slope of Alaska
Alaska DNR
Weighting
TAPS
1002 Node
Cost Distance
Raster
Cost Raster
Path
Distance
Cost Path
Backlink Raster
Results
Water Bodies
Slope
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Questions?
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