Hi guys,
I have an assignment to hand in at uni and I have come to a point where I don't know which method to use to complete it and I receive no guidance from my tutors. As I am new to GIS I can't make heads from tails so I would immensely appreciate your help.
Here goes:
I have a DEM of the German alpine area as well as several vector files pertaining to land use, streets, railways etc. I need to determine which areas can count as "alps" based on the criteria elevation (between 600 and 800 m NN), percentage rise of the slope (above 18%) and at least 5 hectares big. I get the general idea that I first have to calculate or classify these numbers and then find a way (perhaps by converting into a vector file?) of excluding everything that doesn't fulfill these. I have looked around arcGIS, have watched several videos and even looked at the slope and reclassify tool, but I feel very uncertain as to whether I am doing the right thing. When it comes to finding out a certain elevation, the tool that seems most plausible to me is reclassify, whereby it looks as though you can manipulate the data. Should I just do that? Should I just create new elevation classes according to my needs? Would that not mess with the underlying data?
As you see, I really need a guiding hand.
Thanks for your help!
Elza
