QGIS Assignment Questions

Adding points and polygon layers: Plot the polygon layers and data points as below. Then, export or screen capture your map and paste it below.

a$)$ Counties of the Metropolitan Statistical Area $($MSA$)$ of Minneapolis, MN$.$

b$)$ Fire station areas in Minneapolis, MN$.$

c$)$ The city boundary of Minneapolis, MN$.$

d$)$ Major fire stations in Minneapolis, MN$.$

e$)$ Major hospitals in Minneapolis, MN$.$

Adding points: Add the confirmed fires and rearrange the order of your layers so that the fire stations and hospitals are at the top of all layers. The depiction below uses the confirmed fire cases in $2019.$ However, you can use cases of different years. Screen capture or save your map and paste it below.

Buffer Zone: Add a buffer zone of a $1-$mile radius for each hospital. You can do this by going to the "Vector" tab and then choose, "Geoprocessing Tools," followed by "Buffer." Make sure that you choose the correct items, as it is shown below. Choose "hospitals" for the input layer and set the distance to a $1-$mile radius. Screen capture or save the output and paste it below.

Manually measure distances: First, manually measure the approximate distance between the fire station in the city of Nokomis $($i$.$e$.,$ the one in the bottom right corner$)$ and the four hospitals in downtown Minneapolis $($i$.$e$.,$ those three hospitals 'within' the city boundary$).$ For this question, you can use the "ruler" icon at the top of the window panel. The distances might slightly differ depending on how accurate you are with your mouse cursor. List the distances that you have measured and report the average.