Geographic Information Systems ASM 215 Feb 2013 Larry Theller.

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Geographic Information Systems ASM 215 Feb 2013 Larry Theller

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Geographic Information

Systems

ASM 215

Feb 2013

Larry Theller

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Schedule

• Wednesday– GIS lecture– Disc of homework

• Lab – Thursday GPS• Feb 28 Lab – ABE 105 or 116 computer

labs

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GIS Lecture today

• History• Software details• Current GIS uses• Hot GIS trends• Feb 28 lab

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Geographic Information Systems

• GIS means “Geographical Information System” – its called SYSTEM because there is

information behind the map.–You may “ask questions” of the data or

of the map

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GIS Evolution

• Map viewing >> Map Analysis• Past: map layers = little files• Now: map layers = huge databases• We use Terabytes of images• Streaming GIS data = music on the web• Web-based tools do not install on your

computer

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Example: Map of cholera outbreak, 1854

• (Based on John Snow’s map)

• Other analysis examples?

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GIS is not CAD

• Difference between CAD and GIS software: – you ask questions in GIS

• Three levels of GIS applications:– Inventory (What is there?)– Analysis (Answering questions)– Modeling (Making predictions)

CAD stands for Computer-Aided Design

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Image: ESRI course Learning ArcGIS Desktop 2007

A GIS is a software system that connects map layers with tables of information.

Tabular Data

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Spatial Analysis is considered the crux of GIS. Why?• Spatial analysis is the means of adding

value to geographic data.

• It turns data into information

• Spatial analysis can reveal things that might otherwise be invisible. It can make what is implicit explicit.

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More about spatial analysis…

• Some methods are highly mathematical.• All effective spatial analysis requires an

intelligent user, not just a powerful computer.

• “Spatial analysis is best seen as a collaboration between the computer and the human, in which both play vital roles.” (Geographic Information Systems and Science, Wiley, 2001)

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The GIS analytical process

1. Define the problem 2. Define the criteria 3. Identify the data you

need 4. Plan the analysis 5. Prepare the data for

analysis 6. Execute the analysis 7. Examine and present the

results

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A GIS originally was software installed on a computer and using local files as layers with attached tables of information.

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GIS and the internet

• GIS Users quickly adopted the internet for download of large files

• With satellite-sensors and digital camera the files soon became gigantic

• Not efficient to copy to every PC in Indiana

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This map is drawing data from two streaming data sources on the web and from files on the hard drive.

These high-resolution aerial photos use 8 terabytes of storage at IU, which is why you do not want to download files anymore

Named streets and property parcel lines from the Tippecanoe County GIS server

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Streaming High-resolution images

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Don’t Download that image

• If you don’t need to change it, maybe you don’t need to download it

• If you need to change it, edit it or clip out parts, you need to have your own copy.

• Aerial Photos – Indiana 2005 photos are:– 8500 gigabyes– Or 2000 DVD’s – Sure you want to download that?

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Location Business Services: The geo fence

• You know when a vehicle passes into or out of a zone.

• Monitor deliveries, service staff, employees, felons, ambulances, pizza delivery guy..– http://gis2.esri.com/showcase/

showcase.cfm– http://tuxedo.esri.com/geofence/

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Web Location Business Services

• Target marketing geographically–Cell phone yellow pages

• Google and Mapquest, –Spots on the map, Gas, food, etc.

• eBay–Nearby items

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Mobile GoogleEarth

Google Earth for iPhone

Google Earth for Android

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GIS software on your desktop

• ESRI ArcGIS (ArcMap, ArcCatalog)• Other Commercial : ThinkMap, Autodesk

Map 3D or Civil 3D, MapInfo• Commercial but free Viewers:

– Google Earth– ArcGIS Explorer

• Open Source GIS:– uDIG (user-friendly Desktop Internet GIS)– Quantun GIS (most full-featureed and free)

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uDIG – free and web-oriented

Scale Bar

Legend

Labels

Streaming data; databases, tables, shapefiles

uDIG Open Source GIS

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Quantum GIS (free)

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Overlay

• Combine spatial and attribute data from two or more spatial data layers

• Union and Intersect most common

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Buffers

• Buffer = region that is less than or equal to a specified distance from a feature or features

• Can buffer point, line or area feature• Raster or vector data

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Clip, Intersect, and Union

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http://www.indianamap.org/

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Map Gallery

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Online Map

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Build my map by adding layers

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The Lab Exercise - ArcMap

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