Alachua County Location Decision

This laboratory focused on the use of GIS to assist a prospective home buyer in selecting a location in Alachua County, Florida that satisfied four criteria: (1) proximity to North Florida Regional Medical Center, (2) proximity to the University of Florida, (3) area having a high percentage of the population in the 40 - 49 age range, and (4) areas with high median home values. The laboratory involved the analysis and generation of three maps, one of which included a weighted-overlay analysis. U.S. Census Bureau data was accessed and Joined to shapefiles to graphically present demographic data and housing data spatially. Numerous Spatial Analyst tools were used during this lab including: Feature-to-Raster, Reclassify, Euclidean Distance, and Weighted-Overly.  Model Builder was used to conduct tradeoff analyses based on the different percentages-of-influence of the four criteria.