Mt. Tom Wind Turbine Project

This week for class, we were asked to show what areas in Easthampton, Southampton, and Holyoke would be able to see a 400ft wind turbine placed on the highest peak of Mt. Tom. We were also asked to calculate the degrees of visibility - which areas would see 100% of the turbine, 75%, 50%, or 25%. On top of that, we also had to see which areas may be somewhat protected by the screening effect of trees - what areas were forested. Below is the poster that I created for this project.

I also created an ArcGIS Online web application to show this:


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And to top it all off, below is a Google Earth map to visualize the viewshed.

You can also click here to see the flowchart/report that I created for this project.