Marion County Florida's Wetlands and Public Land Areas
During the past week and a half, I have had the opportunity to work on a very fun lab! We had the opportunity to look up data ourselves, rather than having it provided to us. It was really cool going into the Florida Geographic Data Library to pick out several pieces of data that I needed for my map(s). Also, we utilized Labins.org for our DEMs and DOQQ's.
In my case, Marion County was the subject of study. Marion County just happens to be one of (if not the largest) county in Florida (land area-wise). Obviously Monroe County in the Keys covers a larger area, but that county is mostly encompassed by water. Marion County's County seat is the city of Ocala. The raster data set showing wetlands (which I labeled "landcover") shows that the western half of Marion County is largely woodland with an elevation of around 71 feet or so. As you move over to the east of Ocala, the landscape gets lower, more marshy, and generally wetlands.
What's especially interesting to me is the fact that the largely wetland east side of Marion County also coincides with what is largely public-owned lands. For the most part, private-owned lands encompass much of the Ocala, Silver, Springs, Dunnellon, Belleveiw, and various other towns on the western, northern, southern, and central parts of the county.
Here are my two maps created to show the land areas (including wetlands, and public-owned lands).
In my case, Marion County was the subject of study. Marion County just happens to be one of (if not the largest) county in Florida (land area-wise). Obviously Monroe County in the Keys covers a larger area, but that county is mostly encompassed by water. Marion County's County seat is the city of Ocala. The raster data set showing wetlands (which I labeled "landcover") shows that the western half of Marion County is largely woodland with an elevation of around 71 feet or so. As you move over to the east of Ocala, the landscape gets lower, more marshy, and generally wetlands.
What's especially interesting to me is the fact that the largely wetland east side of Marion County also coincides with what is largely public-owned lands. For the most part, private-owned lands encompass much of the Ocala, Silver, Springs, Dunnellon, Belleveiw, and various other towns on the western, northern, southern, and central parts of the county.
Here are my two maps created to show the land areas (including wetlands, and public-owned lands).
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