Task: Find possible locations for a new factory

Based upon the previous exercises you should be able to find possible locations for a new factory.

Excluded areas:

Should not be in any reserve area

Should not be in any build-up area

Should not be in areas with landuse-id = 3

Should not be in areas with landuse-id = 1

Included areas:

Should be within 2000 meter of a first class road OR Should be within 8000 meter of a build-up area

The result (suitable areas):

Should be classified in 3 classes: High, moderate or low suitable,

according to the landuse_id of that area:

- Landuse _id 2, 4 or 5 are High suitable areas

- Landuse_id 8 or 9 are Moderate suitable areas
- Landuse_id 6 or 7 are Low suitable areas.

Tip:

First: define the excluded areas and combine them in one feature class

Then, define the included areas and combine them in one feature class

The result (suitable areas) should be intersected with the Landuse layer. (Make sure that nothing is
selected in the Landuse layer before you make the intersection!)

From the intersection result, open the attribute table and add a text field. The name of the field should
be suitability.

From the same intersection result attribute table, select by attributes the areas with landuse_id 2 or 4 or
5. After that, right-click the title of the suitability field and click Field Calculater. In the big window of the
field calculator type:

High (the suitability of the selected features is high).

NB. place the text High between quotation marks!

Repeat the action and select the features with landuse_id 8 or 9 and type for suitability : Moderate
Repeat the action and select the features with landuse_id 6 or 7 and type for suitability: Low

Symbolize the layer by using unique values from the field suitability.

Your result should resemble the following illustration:

Can you do the same task as the previous task with this difference?

Included areas:

Should be within 2000 meter of a first class road and Should be within 8000 meter of a build-up area