Overlay Analysis System

Calculate the acreage of land area

Background and Objectives

The client is a full service organization specializing in geographic information systems - development, cadastral / parcel mapping, aerial photography and Photogrammetry. The client has a tradition of providing comprehensive mapping solutions to the local government and private-sector.

The project involved the development of an application to calculate the acreage of land area resulting from the overlay process of polygon layers over a section. The objective was to generate a final shapefile of overlaid layers with attached attribute data containing acreage of linear debasement with respect to land use, soil type, and parcels to assist in tax calculation

Key Aspects of the Project

• Enables calculation of land use area resulting from the 'overlay process' of polygon layers over a section.
• Provides users with the facility to process the overlay operation either with respect to area or section
• Provides information regarding area of land use with respect to the overlay theme data
  
  
  
• The application supports following map themes.
  • Parcel
  • Soil type
  • Soil spots
  • Land use
  • Linear debasement

Tools Used

• ArcView ArcMap v8.1
• ArcObject v8.1
• Microsoft Access 2000