GE 4150/5150 Natural Hazards Mitigation – Fall 2004

Hazard Mapping with ArcView GIS

Lab Grading Guide

	Possible	Score	Grading Criteria
Required	10		Include neat line, border, scale, scale bar, ground, labels, legend, title, credits, north arrow, themes
GIS skills	5		Demonstrates understanding of GIS software and class lab skills to create map features
Clarity	5		Hazard map easy to read and understand key aspects; proper use of color, scale, fonts, labels
Hazard	5		Map gives appropriate hazard information; utility, detail, multiple map scales as needed
Total Map	25
Title	1		Clearly describes project contents and purpose
Intro	5		Describes project purpose, objectives, uses of GIS for mapping
Methods	3		Includes basic information on software, data sources, and methods used in producing map
Results	2		Explanation of contents of hazard maps
Discussion	10		Quantitative error analysis, implications of study findings for hazard mitigation, recommendations for future work
References	4		Lists sources of information; quality of sources and/or supplementary material used
Total Text	25
Total Project	50