Blog Post 6

So far mapping is going well. I have the coordinate points for each well site of the water district. I was able to get them by comparing the map I have from the water district and where the points are on that map with the addresses on the water district website. The website didn't have specific addresses, just the street names, so I had to "guestimate" where exactly to put the points using Google Maps. But comparing what I have now to the map from the water district, I'd say they're pretty close!

I finished going over chapter 12 and am pretty familiar with editing now so my next task is to use the editing tools to draw a polygon for the approximate area of the chemical plume. My map will not be a replication of the map that I received from the water district because that map was created in 2010 and the plume has migrated since then. Since there is no updated map of what the plume looks like, my map will be an estimate of what the plume looks like currently.