From “Just Mapping” to GIS

Michael Sutherland, Ph.D.

University of Ottawa

International Federation of Surveyors

Mapping

BASIC

What?

Where?

When?

INTERACTION

How far?

How much? …

Mapping Context

Mapped Phenomena

• TangibleElevationPlate TectonicsTopography

Mapped Phenomena

• IntangibleSea Surface TemperatureAverage Rainfall

More than just mapping!!

GISGIS

SPATIAL (graphic) DATA

LINKED THEMATIC (textual) DATA

GISGIS

CommunicationCommunication GISGIS

VisualizationVisualizationGISGIS

Spatial AnalysisSpatial Analysis

How much?

Which?....

What?

How far?...

GISGIS

Spatial AnalysisSpatial Analysis

Suitability Criteria 1

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Suitability Analysis

Suitability Criteria 2...

Suitability Criteria x

GISGIS

Spatial AnalysisSpatial Analysis

Elevation

Occurrences of Health-Related Phenomena

Air Quality+

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Analysis of Health-Related Phenomena

GISGIS

GISGISSpatial AnalysisSpatial Analysis

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH SUPPORT

Adaptation/MitigationEnvironmental Threat

Modeling

Crime PreventionAnalysis of crime

patterns

BusinessMarket Analysis Land Use

Suitability Analysis

Urban DevelopmentUtility Management

HealthSpatial analysis of

health-related phenomena

GISGISSpatial AnalysisSpatial Analysis

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH SUPPORT

DISCIPLINESGeomatics

Management ScienceFisheries Science

OceanographyCommunity Development

DATA LAYERSResourcesActivities

ContaminantsBenthic Structures

Benthic Habitat

CASE STUDY ESTIMATION OF CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF

MARINE ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS

Potential for Ecosystem Component Interaction

GISGIS

• Land surveying

• GPS

• Remote sensing

• Database Tables

• Tables and other data from research

• Photos …..

Input SourcesInput Sources

• Cybercartography

• Web mapping

• Cybercartography

• Web mapping

New Mapping Terms

Source A

•Caris files•ESRI shape files

Source X

•Orthophotography•Oracle 8i

Ted Byrne, OMG, UNBService New Brunswick

Applet Viewer

Internet Internet

Web Browser

Web Mapping

From “Just Mapping” to GIS

Michael Sutherland, Ph.D.

University of Ottawa

International Federation of Surveyors