Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Weighted Overlay for Shipwreck Discoveries in Biscayne Bay, Florida.
This assignment had us create a weighted overlay of possible unknown shipwreck locations in Biscayne Bay, Florida. This can help to provide a higher probability of finding wrecks without wasting too much time in the process.
Reclassified Benthic and Bathymetric Data for Biscayne Bay, Florida
As we looked for potential areas in Biscayne Bay to find further, undiscovered shipwrecks, we used reclassified data from existing Benthic bottom files, and depths from Bathymetric files to define them.
Benthic Data for Shipwrecks in Biscayne Bay, Florida
We used existing Benthic data to more closely define a 300 meter area around some known shipwrecks in Biscayne Bay, Florida in order to see if there are any similarities or anomalies.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Biscayne Bay Shipwreck Charts
Biscayne Bay National Park in South Florida is totally underwater, and created to protect the many types of sealife in the area along with the preservation of many shipwrecks that sank on the coral keys or islands in the bay. Without this protection, these sites would soon disappear. I've used current and historical charts which include bottom material types and depths.
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