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The Adirondack Park Blueline Expansion
The Adirondack Park Blueline Expansion
Meg HarrisGeography 184
Fall Semester 2006
Goal: To illustrate how the expansion of the Adirondack Park’s Blueline has changed its landscape
Goal: To illustrate how the expansion of the Adirondack Park’s Blueline has changed its landscape
Sub-objectives:*explore land use within the park’s original and current boundaries*explore human impact
MethodsMethods
• Adirondack Park Agency(APA) Shared GIS CD
• 2 APA Land Classification Maps: (for original and current boundary comparisons)
*symbology - altered and saved as a file*clip function*import symbology *data exporting, tables and graphs
• 2 Old Growth/ Human Activity Maps: *lots of spatial joining*lots of selecting by attributes
Methods cont’dMethods cont’d
*making new layers from selections*lots of clipping*calculations and tables
*1 Visual Aid/ Location Map*dissolve function
Results cont’dResults cont’d
Original Blue Line Land Classification Types and Percentages
0.005.00
10.0015.0020.0025.0030.00
HamletModerateIntensity
Low IntensityRural UseResource
ManagementIndustrial UseWildernessCanoe Area
PrimitiveWild Forest
Intensive Use
HistoricState
Administrative
PendingWater
Land Types
Percentages
Land Classification Percentages For the Current Blue Line
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
Hamlet
Moderate Intensity
Low IntensityRural Use
Resource Management
Industrial UseWildernessCanoe Area
PrimitiveWild Forest
Intensive Use
Historic
State AdministrativePending Classification
Water
Land Type
Percentage
Results…Results… Roads, trains, trails, and recreation points riddle
old growth areas all over the Adirondack Park The original blueline outlines 4761 square miles
that remain the richest but not completely untouched
Expansion of the blueline has not increased the amount of undeveloped areas by any significant percentage
Expansion has also opened the door for more development and impactual use of parklands
Blue line expansion, land management acts, and APA restrictions have reduced impact but not eliminated it
ProblemsProblems
• The ArcMap Demo CD
-no coverage tools
-no spatial analysis functions
• Contradictory literature
• Land classification definitions
-Questionable APA evaluations and initiatives
• Area discrepancies
• Horrible outdated data from 2001