12 Patty and Nora Check-in 06MAR2024

Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024

12.1 Attendees

Nora checked the teaching lab for a copy of soil maps and county atlases but did not find any.
She plans to ask Nic about obtaining a hard copy. If not available, she can purchase one.

Nora trimmed the generalized land use 2020 data set to the tiger data for the urban area cluster.
She encountered errors with geometry while clipping the data set and had to fix it to make a new layer.
However, she is now unable to get the symbology to show correctly, and the attribute table is empty.
Nora is unsure how to clip out specific areas like lakes and islands from the data set.

Patty shared her screen and showed the generalized land use data she had symbolized for 2020.
Patty explained how she colored different land uses (e.g., agricultural, residential, industrial) for easier visualization.
Patty also showed a layer she created by clipping the soil survey polygon layer to the 7-county metro area.
She joined this layer with NASIS data and created a new column for “percent no data” to identify areas with missing soil horizon data.
The duo discussed the challenges of mapping urban areas, floodplains, and undeveloped lands.
They identified the need to consult with Nic on the next steps and potentially expand the project boundary.

Joe suggested targeting the last week of May or the first week of June for the project kickoff meeting.
Nic will identify 2-3 days during that period when he can fly in the partners.
Nora will follow up with Nik this week to finalize the dates and get them on everyone’s calendar before the field season starts.

Nora will be out of town on March 13th, 14th and 15th and unavailable for the regular meeting.
The meeting for the following week was rescheduled to Tuesday, March 19th at 2:30 PM.