I took all of your advice and added the potential environmental justice areas to my map! The pipeline does run either right through or near some environmental justice locations. One thing I found interesting is that the pipeline is proposed to pass through a potential enva justice area at its start in Albany. Also, the pipeline is proposed to branch off at two spots in southern NY and carry oil to two separate oil terminals. One of these terminals is located right next to a potential environmental justice site. This is important to note, as those who live in environmental justice areas usually have little or no say in decisions because of their social and/or economic background.
Before I can do any spatial analyses though, I have to make sure my pipeline and enva justice areas are in the right coordinate system. I currently am not sure if the layers are automatically put in the correct coordinate system, because both layers had to be converted from a KML file to a layer. I tried going into the properties but had no luck, so I'll ask Professor Geis about it in class. Also, I'm having trouble trying to figure out how I want to present my map. I need to zoom in a decent amount to see certain details from layers (ex. streams, small polygons), but I don't have enough poster space to insert many maps. Instead of creating multiple maps zoomed in very closely, I was thinking maybe I should have a map of the whole pipeline, and then maybe 2-3 other maps that focus on areas of importance (ex. beginning in Albany, oil terminal in southern NY)? Do you guys have any suggestions? Also, thanks for the suggestion!
Here's an unclipped picture of the potential environmental justice areas.
Hey Justin, good work with the environmental justice areas. Thats really interesting that there are a few overlaps between these and the proposed pipeline location. Im sure that this isnt a complete accident. I am struggling with the same mapping issue of having a big picture view with many smaller detailed areas to show. I think your idea of picking the few that are most important or that will be impacted the most and highlighting those as separate maps is probably best. Cant wait to see the finished product.
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