In ArcMap, the database file HISTORY was joined to the data base file for LANDUSE based on the RELATEID Field.
In ArcMap, towns within our study area were selected from LANDUSE and a new layer was created from this selection. Towns were selected by attribute, based on their Town_ID code. The following Town_IDs were selected: 9, 30, 31, 38, 48, 71, 92, 105, 116, 119, 144, 164, 184, 205, 206, 210, 213, 229, 246, 254, 295, 320, 298, 324, 342, and 347. The selected features were then exported as a new layer, TOWNSFROMLU.
In ArcMap, the features in TOWNSFROMLU were brought combined based on the TILE_NAME field, using DISSOLVE.
The dissolved land use layer, which now shows town boundaries, was imported into Idrisi Kiliminjaro as a vector file. The .vdc file was edited to assign the names of each town to the proper polygon.
Process_Date: July 2006
Information relevant to the GIS data encoding
This layer shows land use for the Ipswich Study area, based upon MassGIS classification and grouped in accordance with the Anderson: Level I convention.Horizontal Coordinate System Name:NAD 1983 StatePlane Massachusetts Mainland FIPS 2001
Datum: D North American 1983
Reference Ellipsoid: Name: GRS 1980 Semi Axis: 6378137.0
Meridian: Greenwich
Projection Name : Lambert Conformal Conic