You are now ready to combine the reclassified datasets and land use to find the most suitable locations. The values of the reclassified datasets representing slope, distance to recreation sites, and distance to schools have all been reclassified to a common measurement scale (more suitable cells have higher values). The landuse dataset is still in its original form because you can weight the cell values for this dataset as part of the weighted overlay process. Values representing areas of water and wetlands will be restricted. You'll also mark slope values that are less than 4 (the least suitable because they are too steep) as restricted so these values can be excluded. If all datasets were equally important, you could simply combine them, giving each equal influence; however, you have been informed that it is preferable to locate the new school close to recreational facilities and away from other schools. You will weight all the inputs, assigning each a percentage of influence. The higher the percentage, the more influence a particular input will have in the suitability model.