1. The majority of data used in this project was obtained from the SIS drive in the GIS lab at SFU.  This data consisted of vector image and associated database of the zoning areas of the District of North Vancouver.  I also used the vector image of creeks in my analysis of the area.  These data have been made available to Geography students at SFU for project purposes.

2.  I also download three Esri format shapefiles from the District of North Vancouver's GIS website at www.geoweb.dnv.org/Community/download.html

These shapefiles included coverages of schools, streets, and recreation centers.  I was required to import these files into Idrisi converting them from shapefiles into Idrisi vector images, both the recreation centers and the schools shapefiles came with databases.  The streets database did not contain any information within it, probably due to a conversion error.

3. I digitized a vector layer of schools in DNV as a result of technical difficulties with the shapefile of schools.  I used a printout of the shapefile as a reference for this process.  I then created a corresponding database through the database workshop to provide names and types of schools to this layer.  This will be discussed more in the problems section.