Example of DOQ Interpretation
•Shoreline Residential
Example of DOQ interpretation
Two enlarged images; high resolution lets you see features
Using ArcGIS, can draw polygons around areas of similar land use; continued this process until the entire watershed was filled.

Example of one of the many decisions we encountered during the polygon-creation process

These are examples of the polygons that were made and once the entire watershed was filled, we could calculate the area of each type.  For residential land, polygons for a house-lots extended wherever human-influence was noticeable, such as with a lawn for boathouse.