SPOT Comparison

The image on the left is multispectral mode and the image on the right is panchromatic. The panchromatic image has finer resolution. It is easier to see individual buildings.

The multispectral mode image has lower resolution, but it is much easier to see differences between land and water.

Problems with the Orthophoto

A couple of the problems I inferred from the photo were:

1. It was difficult to determine what the buildings were used for.
2. I did not know the time and date of the photo, so it may make types of vegetation hard to identify.

Great Lakes Wind Farm - Zoomed

This is a zoomed in screenshot that shows the proximity of the wind farm and the beach. The farm is placed just beyond the normal routes of small naval vessels.

Great Lakes Wind Farm

I chose an offshore location because it had the greatest wind speed and minimized any negative impacts. An offshore location does bring up new environmental concerns, but according to the AWEA (http://www.awea.org/faq/wwt_offshore.html), offshore wind farms have minimal impact on sea life, coastal erosion, and fishing.

Isohyet

Flow Map

Cartogram - Non-Continuous