data management brown bag: geographic information systems...
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Data Management Brown Bag:
Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) Data
A.K.A Spatial Data
Joe Aufmuth
GIS Librarian
273-0367
Today’s Focus
• An overview of GIS: definition, principals,
data types, and ArcGIS
• Spatial Data Source Limitations
• Is GIS the Correct Research Tool?
• Spatial Data Sources
• Summary of Spatial Data Users @ UF
Soil Information System of Thailand
http://www.mcc.cmu.ac.th/research/DSSARM/SoilSys/soilsys.html
GIS Models The Real World
GIS: A Definition
A Geographic Information System, or GIS is
composed of computer hardware, software,
geographically referenced digital data (spatial
data), and people (data accuracy and bias).
A GIS is used to collect, store, update, manipulate,
analyze, and display all forms of geographic
information.
A GIS models or represents geographic features and
can measure or predict their interactions.
Multiple Data Layers
Where it is (position)
What it is (description)
When it was there (time)
Quantity, Proximity
Spatial Analysis
How Features interact
“What if..” Predictions ESRI
Principal GIS Concepts
• A data model (geo-database) that uses location and description to mimic the “real” world. (also temporal)
• Spatial information (X,Y,Z elevation) about three vector feature classes (POINTS, LINES, POLYGONS) and a linked tabular database of their multiple attributes or descriptions (grid cells have a singular attribute).
• ***Common reference system for all layers used in the GIS. PROJECTION, DATUM (horizontal and vertical), SPHEROID and UNITS (Lat/Long = spherical coordinate system, not suitable for analysis)
• Facilitates overlay of multiple layers to create and analyze new temporal and spatial relationships between features
Two Spatial Data Formats
Vector Raster Points, Lines, and Polygons Grid Cells (Pixels)
Visualize the World
Three Vector Feature Classes:
Points, Lines, and Polygons
• Point: A discrete or single location with no discernible area at a specified scale.
• Line/Arc: A set of ordered coordinates (x,y) that when connected represent the linear shape of a narrow object.
• Polygon (area): A closed figure composed of lines that enclose a homogeneous area.
Vector Data
Polygon
To Node
Vertex
Line (Arc)
From Node
Point
No Area
No Area
Area
Homogeneous
Left
Right
Tabular Data
Columns = Fields = Items = Attribute = Description
Rows
= Records
= Features
Data (text, number, date)
Grid/Raster/Imagery Data (Greater Data Variability based on Cell Size)
# Rows
# Columns Numeric Cell Value 1 value per cell
Examples
elevation, land use, flow
rate, drainage direction,
temperature, salinity,
reflectance, etc…
Gradients and Variable
Data
ArcGIS Software:
ArcMap Program
ArcMap uses vector data in a special format
called a “SHAPEFILE”.
A single shapefile layer contains either
points, or lines, or polygons.
A shapefile is composed of several
individual files that include vector data, a
relational database, coordinate
projection, data index, etc.
ArcGIS is no longer paid for by the Provost
A Shapefile and It’s Attribute Table:
A Map of Countries:
- One polygon file
- Each country is one feature
- Data display is not a map
GPS Table – GIS Import
Typical Data Layers
• Administrative and
Political Boundaries
• Cities
• Historic Sites Inventory
• Land Cover and Use
• Imagery (Satellite and
Aerials)
• Soils
• Hydrology
• Census
• Roads
• Railroads
• Elevation
• Fire Hydrants
• Township, Range and
Section
• Species Distributions
• Property Boundaries
• All in a Common
Coordinate System
Source Data Limitations
• Different Purposes, Sources, and Reliability of Digital Spatial Data (digital = accurate)
– Federal, State, Local, Private
– QA/QC of All Data (positional and attribute accuracy)
• Different Coordinate Systems (Geographic vs Projected)
– Latitude/Longitude – Global/Spherical Reference System
– Projection – Plane/Surface Grid Coordinate System
– Every Layer Must Share a Common Projected Coordinate System for Analysis
• Different Digital Data Collection Scales and Uses – Small Scale / Large Area – Regional Analysis (1:100,000)
– Large Scale / Small Area – Local Analysis (1:24,000)
Source Data Limitations
• Representing a particular real world location with a point, line, or polygon is scale dependent.
• At small scales (1:500,000) areas become a single line or point (generalized features/low resolution).
• At large scales (1:2000) lines and points may have area (detailed/higher resolution).
• Usable data scale = Data source scale or smaller. – GPS data = 1:1
vs
The Appropriate Research Tool?
• Is the research question a spatial problem?
• What research data is needed and how can GIS be
used to obtain it? Are spatial operations involved?
(clip, buffer, union, intersect, identity, etc..)
• What level of spatial resolution/scale and
positional accuracy is required?
• Does needed spatial data exist or does it have to be
created? Is descriptive tabular data available?
• Can detailed descriptive tabular data be joined to
spatial data at the current data resolution/scale?
• Is it easier to make a graphic or map in another
program? I need a pretty map!
Spatial Data Sources
• GOOGLE Search Terms
• GIS Data Clearinghouse = 338,000
• GIS Data Sources = 4,400,000
• GIS Data Download = 19,100,000
• GIS Database = 27,900,000
Spatial Data in The Cloud
Florida Geographic Data Library
(FGDL), Florida’s Statewide Data
UF’s URP GeoPlan Center
www.fgdl.org
LABINS
Florida’s Land
Boundary Information
System
www.labins.org
U.S. Geo Spatial One Stop
The US’s GIS data portal
www.GeoData.gov
Africover
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the UN
www.africover.org/system/
africover_data.php
Subscribed Spatial Databases
LandScan 2010 Global Population
World Language Mapping System
SimplyMap demographic data
UFDC Digital Collections
The Map and Imagery Library
Over 500,000 Maps plus atlases, reference books, aerial
photography, and spatial data.
Specialized tours and class instruction by appointment.
Area specialties include: Florida, Latin America, the United
States, Africa, and the Holy Land.
Scanners and computers with GIS and remote sensing
software are available
More information can be found at
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/maps/
GIS and Remote Sensing
Users @ UF
=
+ + Zonal Attributes
GIS Cataloged References @ UF GIS use only limited by the imagination!
Geographic Information Systems AND…
• Public Health – 71
• Forestry – 56
• Business – 189
• Conservation – 375
• Policy – 371
• Dissertation – 190
• Thesis – 232
1988
1997
UF ArcGIS User Summary
www.geoplan.ufl.edu
• ~ 700 Students Annually, Free Education
Edition
• 40+ units on campus that use the concurrent
use license for ArcGIS Desktop (from 1 to
unlimited licenses)
• Agricultural and Biological
Engineering
• Agricultural Education and
Communication
• Biology
• Bureau of Economic and Business
Research (BEBR)
• Civil and Coastal Engineering
• College of Agricultural and Life
Sciences - CALS (includes Soils)
• College of Design, Construction &
Planning
• College of Vet Medicine -
Administration
• Coop. Extension, County Ops.
• Department of Epidemiology
• Department of Health Outcomes
and Policy - Community Denistry
• Department of Urology
• e-Learning Support Services /
Office of Academic Technology
• Emerging Pathogens Institute
• Environmental Horticulture
• Fire Science
• Florida Museum of Natural History
• Food and Resource Economics
Department
• Forest Resources and Conservation
- SFRC (includes Fisheries)
• Geography
• GeoPlan
• Horticulture
• IFAS - Citrus Research and
Education Center (CREC)
• IFAS - Entomology and
Nematology
• IFAS - Everglades Research and
Education Center (EREC)
• IFAS - Florida Medical
Entomology Lab (Vero Beach)
• IFAS - Fort Lauderdale Research
and Education Center (FLREC)
• IFAS - Indian River Research and
Education Center (IRREC)
• IFAS - North Florida Research and
Education Center (NFREC)
• IFAS - Osceola County
• IFAS - Plant Science Unit
• IFAS - Southwest Florida Research
and Education Center (SWFREC)
• IFAS - Statistics
• IFAS - Tropical Research and
Education Center (TREC)
• IFAS - West Florida Research and
Education Center (WFREC)
• IFAS Center for Aquatic &
Invasive Plants
• Institute for Child Health Policy
• Libraries (Unlimited Licenses)
• LUCIE (includes Geogrphay)
• Maternal Child Health and
Education Research and Data
Center, Dept of Pediatrics (Now
called FDC)
• Office of Institutional Planning &
Research
• Program for Resource Efficient
Communities
• Sea Grant
• UF Planning
• UF Shands Cancer Center
• University of Florida Foundation
Research Department
• Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Image Analysis Software
Imagine/ENVI User Departments • CISE
• Ag and Bio Engineering
• Geomatics -- School
Forest Resources
• Libraries (5/5)
• CREC, Lake Alfred
Experiment Station
• Ft. Lauderdale Fish and
Wildlife
• Geography/LUECI Lab
• Soil and Water Sciences
• Ag and Bio Engineering
• Wildlife, Ecology and
Conservation
• GeoPlan Center
• Florida Cooperative Fish
and Wildlife Research
Unit
• Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences
UF’s Graduate Level
Interdisciplinary Concentration in
GIS (ICGIS) Degrees
Note: (N) - non-thesis degree; (O) - thesis with non-thesis option degree; (T) - thesis degree
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/icgis/
ICGIS
10 Participating Degree Programs in:
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Environmental Engineering Sciences
Landscape Architecture
Geomatics Program
Forestry
Geography
Anthropology
Soil and Water Science
Urban and Regional Planning
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
School of Natural Resources and Environment
15 Total Credit Hours;
5 Categories of Courses; 29 Classes; 20 Professors
• http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/gisday/gisday2012/
agenda2012.html
Converting Maps To Digital Data
Geo-referencing: assigning “real
world” coordinates to a
digital object
Modern/Ancient Jerusalem 1887
Paper to Digital (Remlap, L. T)
Large Format
Digital Image Capture
Desktop Image Capture
Google Maps: Jerusalem
ArcGIS: Jerusalem Imagery
Geo-referencing – image coordinates
to “real world” coordinates
Finding Common Image and
Real World Control Points
Georeferenced Digital Map
New Historic Data Layers
QUESTIONS?