Streetcars and Spatial Analysis. What are your proposals for streetcars and or trolleybuses in Brooklyn and New York City? Here past trackage maps are presented and analyzed in todays environment. Geospatial analytical methods are discussed regarding new routes.
Showing posts with label rapid transit facilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rapid transit facilities. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Elevation Map of Red Hook with Hint of Structures
In the map presented below, I brought in the available shape file dealing with elevations but I did not add the street grid or other man made structures. You can see the "hint" of man made structures in the elevation file which is logical. because the elevation file was probably made by aerial photograph. It is still an interesting map to look at.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Lower Manhattan Polar Cap Melt Flood Scenario, 2020
To produce this map, the flood shape file was processed in ARCGIS and transported to GRASS 6.4.1 using a previously saved file dealing with Smith-9th Street. The pink areas are those areas in danger of flooding by 2020 if the sea level rises due to a drastic polar melt. Subway lines that pass through these flood areas will need their air vents raised and other precautions must be taken
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