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Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Data

Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Data. Laurie Schretlen & Leah Vanderjagt Netspeed October 20, 2005. GIS & Spatial Data - Today. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology: basics, applications, and directions

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Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Data

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  1. Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Data Laurie Schretlen & Leah Vanderjagt Netspeed October 20, 2005

  2. GIS & Spatial Data - Today • Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology: basics, applications, and directions • Spatial data: information resources for GIS research • Spatial data access – • in Canada and in Alberta • GEODE

  3. GIS Components • Map data • Information about location w/graphics http://www.zoology.unimelb.edu.au/stats/Eworksheets/images/RandomCoordinates.jpg

  4. GIS Components: • Attribute data • Information about what can be found at a particular location http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/images/5740f02.gif

  5. GIS as database http://utca.eng.ua.edu/projects/final_reports/02403fnl_files/image004.jpg

  6. Spatial data examples • Road networks • Vegetation inventories • Soil inventories • Census results • Municipal boundaries • Elevation values • Climate readings • Habitat ranges • …

  7. GIS Components • Software • A technology for storing and analyzing location and attribute data http://www.l.hsr.ch/skripte/gisscripts/media/softwarescreen1.jpg

  8. GIS Components • Hardware • Systems to support rapid graphic analysis and processing http://www.gdf-hannover.de/pics/gisrechner.png

  9. GIS Personnel • People • Project coordinators • Data analysts • Programmers • Data and knowledge managers • Librarians

  10. GIS Components • Methods • The analysis to be performed on the data http://www.wwf.org.co/colombia/images/a28_c.gif

  11. GIS Methods and Analysis • GIS is used to answer questions and support decisions • The quality of the answer depends on: • The METHODS chosen • The DATA (more on that later)

  12. Data Layers • The ability to ‘stack’ layers in a GIS allows us to ask questions about the relationship between different objects of study Image courtesy of Charlene Nielsen, Department of Biology, University of Alberta

  13. Overlay • What two things occur at the same location? http://www.orthogate.com/guide/workshops/images/image002.gif

  14. Overlay – GIS • What residences lie beneath this toxic plume of ammonia?

  15. Overlay GIS http://www.saultc.on.ca/GIS/images/RedPineTraill_sm.jpg

  16. Buffering • What lots are located near this road? http://news.sina.com.cn/duihua/sars/LearnMoreAboutGIS/gis4.files/buffer.gif

  17. Modeling • GIS is used to ask ‘what if?’ • Testing scenarios and possible outcomes

  18. Modeling

  19. Image created by Leah Vanderjagt, 2005: Data: NRCan CDED; City of Edmonton 2001 Digital Orthophotos

  20. Modeling - Site Selection • Combining best conditions from multiple layers to come up with the best location for a proposed facility • Eg. Good slope drainage + enough distance from streams + access to roads = Best site

  21. Modeling

  22. GIS Applications • GIS applications combine multiple analytical processes to support decision-making • Some examples from non-profit and government sectors:

  23. Habitat tracking and analysis • maps.gov.bc.ca/imf406/imf.jsp?site=libc_habwiz

  24. www.shim.bc.ca/atlases/shim/shim.htm

  25. Health Care: Disease outbreak monitoring and modeling Avian Flu Affected and at-risk poultry farms Dispersion of Avian Flu in Thailand http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/health/links/ma04184pf.htm

  26. SARS Mapping Distribution map Outbreak model – Buffalo, NY

  27. Facilities Management for Municipal Government

  28. Route Optimization Modeling

  29. Crime Analysis

  30. Other uses • Many groups still need to create paper maps to support operations - nearly always GIS-based • GIS is also used for storage of information – there is an archiving function

  31. Directions for GIS • WEB APPLICATIONS • Standards • Unlocking the GIS black box -distributed experimentation and collaboration • GIScience

  32. GIS in Academic Institutions • GIS is used extensively in science/ecology disciplines: • Renewable resources management • Forestry • Biology (ecology) • Geography • Earth and atmospheric sciences • Geology

  33. GIS in Academic Institutions • Also used in: • Civil engineering • Business • Economics • History • Psychology • Health • …

  34. GIS and Libraries • Community demographic analysis

  35. GIS - Bibliography

  36. Spatial data access • ‘Map’ + ‘Attribute’ data is usually referred to as spatial data • Locating the right spatial data and obtaining the rights to use it is a major component of every GIS project

  37. Spatial data quality: Inconsistencies

  38. Spatial data quality: Projections http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/gif/twoproj.gif

  39. Spatial data access • Spatial data is expensive to create and update • Government agencies and large corporations can afford it • Data sharing is not necessarily a part of the plan

  40. Spatial data access • If it’s shared, spatial data is either sold by the producer or by a designated value-added reseller • Public consultations have resulted in open sharing of more and more spatial data sets at the federal level • Some federal data is made available through the Depository Services Program

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