The District of North Vancouver


Weighted Linear Combination


For this operation I used some of the same maps that I had created in the Boolean analysis.  Multiresidential Zones, Parks and Elementary schools were all given fuzzy boundaries and these were then weighted according to their importance to each other.

The first step was to create the image of zones up form cnsideration.  These zones were weighted according to their availability for development.  Both develpment zones and null zones were included for analysis.  These were weighted according to their potential.  All zones not under consideration were given a value of zero.



 
 

In the weighted linear combination, the factors (parks, elementary schools and multiresidiential zones) were compared against the constrainsts of industrial zones, development and null zones, and buffers around creeks.

The Resulting Image


See Cartographic Model


Discussion

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