01_Research&Assessment_MAPPING AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS Flashcards
How do you calculate the floor area ratio of a proposed development project to make sure it is code compliant?
Total area of the building is divided by the total area
Calculate the number of stories a building van be with a Floor Area Ration of 6
Data:
Site = 2.5 ac (108,900 sq.ft)
Buildable portion of site (1 ac (43,560 sq. ft)
- Multiply the total square feet by the FAR (6 * 108,900 = 653,400)
- Divide the total square feet by the buildable square feet (653,400/43,560 = 15)
15 stories
What type of map is used as the starting point for many planning projects and shows the essential natural or man-determined features of an area?
Base map
What is a choropleth map?
links statistical data to discrete geographic areas using different colors or shades of the same color.
What is a cartogram?
Map that distorts the geography or size of regions in order to convey the information of an alternate variable.
What type of map uses scales of 1:25,000; 1:50,000; and 1:100,000?
USGS topographic map
What is the smallest Census geographic unit for which the Census Bureau collects 100-percent data?
Census block
In preparing a physical plan for a site within an urban center, which of the following types of maps would be LEAST useful?
a. Parcel map
b. Topographic map
c. Census Map
d. Utilities map
c. Census Map
What is an isometric projection?
Iin technical and engineering drawings, method for visually representing 3D objects in 2D
What is UrbanSim?
-an open source urban simulation system
-used to support metropolitan land use, transportation, and environmental planning.
The Census Bureau reviews and updates urbanized area and urban cluster boundaries every {blank} years
10
Population estimates and ACS data are not available at the {blank} level
census block
