CEDRA

CEDRA SectorPolygons^TM is an ArcView® GIS and ArcGIS® extension, that is included with all of the CEDRA AVseries^TM software, that enables the user to create polygons which represent sectors of concentric circles. This functionality is useful when the user is interested in determining areas that emanate radially from a base point. For example, assume that there is a hazardous waste spill where a harmful gas has been released. Based upon weather conditions at the time, the effect of the gas dissipates over a physical distance. Using CEDRA SectorPolygons^TM the user can create polygons that represent the effect of the dissipation. These polygons can then be superimposed upon a base map at which point various types of spatial analysis techniques can be used to identify those locations that would be impacted the most.

CEDRA-SectorPolygons^TM

CEDRA-SectorPolygons^TM allows the user to create polygons that represent the sectors of concentric circles. As seen above, the user is asked to specify the number of sectors and rings. Sectors are similar to the number of slices in a pie, where the pie represents a circle. If the number of sectors is one (1), the command will generate one polygon for the ring.

Rings, on the other hand, represent the concentric circles or, as they are sometimes referred to as, buffer rings. Each buffer ring is defined by a radius with each ring sharing the same center. As shown below four rings have been generated with each ring containing six sectors.

CEDRA-SectorPolygons^TM will create individual polygons, using the data specified by the user, and for each polygon assign a unique identification number (the CNT attribute). Furthermore, stored as additional attributes for each polygon will be: (a) the ring number that the polygon is associated with (the RING attribute), (b) the radius of the ring (RADIUS) in world units such as feet or meters, (c) the area of the polygon in square feet/square meters (ARA), (d) the area of the polygon in acres/hectares (SQR_ARA) and (e) the perimeter of the polygon in feet/meters (LEN). Using these attributes, the user can display the polygons in a variety of different manners.

Shown below are three different classifications, one with no classification, one based upon the CNT attribute and the other on the RING attribute. When the theme or layer containing the newly generated polygons has no classification assigned to it, all polygons in the theme or layer will have the same color. When the theme or layer is classified based upon the unique values of the CNT attribute each polygon in the theme or layer will appear in a different color, while the RING classification shows each polygon within a ring in the same color with each ring displayed in a different color.

No Classification	Classification Based Upon the CNT Attribute	Classification Based Upon the RING Attribute