Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Fall 2013 (INF 385T-28620) Dr. David Arctur
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The Landscape Architecture Data ModelA Case Study in GIS Data Modeling
Andrew Holguin
LDA Senior Project - Spring 2009
University of California, Davis
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The Landscape Architecture Data Model:A Case Study in GIS Data Modeling
A Senior Project Presented to the faculty of the program ofLandscape Architecture at the University of California, Davis
in partial fulfillment of the requirements forthe degree of Bachelors of Science of
Landscape Architecture.
Presented by:Andrew Jason Holguin
atUniversity of California, Davis
onthe twelfth day of June, 2008
Acceptance and Approval by:
___________________________________Steve McNeil, Faculty Advisor
___________________________________Keir Keightley, Committee Member
___________________________________James Thorne, Committee Member
___________________________________Mark Francis, Senior Project Advisor
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Theprimaryobjectiveofthisprojectistodevelopageodatabasethatcanbeusedbyundergraduatelandscapearchitecturestudentsinthesiteanalysisphaseofadesignorplanningproject.Aspartofthisprocess,usefuldatasetsarediscussed,andbasicGISconceptsareexplained.ThespatialextentofthedatabasecoversYoloCounty,andtherelevantmapscaleforanalysisandmapproductionis1:24,000orless.Thedatabaseconsistsentirelyofpublicallyavailabledatathatcanbeobtainedonlinefromavarietyofsources.Theorganizationofthedatabaseisalsodescribedandsamplemapproductsaredisplayed.Finally,asimpleanalysisisperformedtodemonstratehowthedatacanbeused.
Abstract
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TableofContents
Introduction 1
Background 1
ProjectSummary 1
GeographicInformationSystems 2
DefinitionandGeneralConcepts 2
ProjectDescription 3
InformationProducts 3
Scope 4
Geodatabases 5
GeodatabaseDescription 6
GeneralDescriptionandOrganization 6
ThematicLayers 6
SourcesofGISData 18
OnlineSources 18
GPS 19
RemoteSensing 20
CaseStudy 21
Conclusion 23
References 24
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IntroductionBackground
TheprofessionofLandscapeArchitectureaddressesthe“analysis,planning,design,
management,andstewardshipofthenaturalandbuiltenvironments”(ASLA).Projectsites
canrangefromruralrecreationareastodenseurbanplazas.Thebroadscopeoftheprofession
thereforerequiresthatawell-trainedlandscapearchitectiscapableofunderstandinglocal
siteconditions,andcanproducearesponsiveandappropriatedesign.Thisrequiresnotonly
athoroughunderstandingoftheissuesinvolved,butalsotheabilitytomapandanalyzethe
relevantvariables,tocapturetheirspatialdistributionandvariability.Thisisachallengingand
time-consumingprocess,becauseitinvolvesthecollectionofspecializeddatafromarangeof
scientificdisciplines,fromsoilscientists,towildlifebiologists,tosociologists.Asaresult,site
analysishasnotalwaysreceivedtheattentionthatitdeserves.
Inrecentyears,however,thedevelopmentofgeographicinformationsystems(GIS),
alongwiththegeneralavailabilityofspatialdata,hasmadeitpossibletoconductincreasingly
detailedandaccurateanalysis(LaGro2008).Evenstudents,workingwithinthecompressed
timeframeandlowbudgetsofanacademicproject,cannowaccessandanalyzesignificant
quantitiesofspatialdata.This,however,requiresabasicproficiencyforworkingwithspatial
datainaGeographicInformationSystem.
Project Summary
TheobjectiveofthisprojectistoexaminesomebasicGISconcepts,andtodevelop
asimpleGISdatabasewhichcanbeutilizedinthecontextofanundergraduatelandscape
architecturestudioclass.Thefirststepintheprojectwastoidentifytherequiredinformation
productsthatwouldbeusefultostudentsoflandscapearchitecture.Thenextstepwastodefine
thescopeofthesystemintermsofhowmuchdataisneededandwhatwouldberequiredto
implementthedatabase.Next,publicallyavailabledatasetswereevaluatedtodetermineifthey
couldprovideusefulinformationforthedesiredinformationproducts.Finally,relevantdatasets
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wereacquiredandorganizedwithinaGISdatabase.Thisdatabasewasimplementedasan
ESRIGeodatabase,whichallowssophisticatedspatialrelationshipstobemodeled.Thebasic
structureofthedatamodelisdescribed,includingbriefdescriptionsofthedifferentdatasetsthat
areincluded.Beforeelaboratingonthespecificsoftheproject,somebasicGISconceptswillbe
introduced.
GeographicInformationSystemsDefinition and General Concepts
Ageographicinformationsystemis“anintegratedcollectionofcomputersoftwareand
datausedtoviewandmanageinformationaboutgeographicplaces,analyzespatialrelationships,
andmodelspatialprocesses.AGISprovidesaframeworkforgatheringandorganizingspatial
dataandrelatedinformationsothatitcanbedisplayedandanalyzed”(ESRI2006).Inother
words,aGISisadatabasethatstoresspatialinformation.Itallowspeopletointeractwiththose
datathroughmapsandothertools.
ThedatainaGISisreferencedtoaspecificlocationontheplanet.Thisiswhat
allowsGISdatatobeinstantlydisplayedinthecorrectlocationandoverlaidwithotherdata.
Geographiclocationsaretypicallyspecifiedbyeitherlatitudeandlongitudevalues,orby
coordinatesinamapprojection.Mapprojectionsallowreal-worldobjectsonthesurfaceof
theearthtobeaccuratelyrepresentedonamap.Theyarenecessarybecausetheearthisa
roughlysphericalshapewithanirregularsurface,whilemapsaretypicallytwo-dimensionaland
flat.Mapprojectionsmathematicallytransformcoordinatesfromtheirlocationonthethree-
dimensionalEarth,toatwo-dimensionalmap.Thisalwaysinvolvessomesortofcompromise
intheaccuracyofrepresentingareas,shapes,distances,anddirections.Itisimpossibleto
simultaneouslypreserveallfourofthesepropertieswhenprojectingathree-dimensionalsurface
toatwo-dimensionalone(LoandYeung2007).Asaresult,thechoiceofanappropriatemap
projectionisanimportantdecisionwhenworkingwithgeographicinformation.
GISdataistypicallyrepresentedinthematiclayers.Inotherwords,featuresaregrouped2
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intoalayerwithothersimilarfeatures.Allofthefeaturesinonelayermustsharethesameset
ofattributes.Theselayerscanthenbecombinedandoverlaidontopofeachotherinamap.
Commonthematiclayersincludevegetation,soils,landuse,etc.Inaddition,differenttypesof
dataareoftenbestrepresentedbyacertaintypeofdatamodel.Thethreebasicwaystomodel
datainaGISarethevectorformat,therasterformat,andthetriangulatedirregularnetwork
(TIN).Eachrepresentationhasparticularstrengthsandweaknessesinitsabilitytoaccurately
representreal-worldfeatures(Zeiler1999).
Forlandscapearchitects,GISismostusefulonlargescaleplanninganddesignprojects.
TherealstrengthofGISisitsabilitytomanagelargequantitiesofspatialdata,andtoprovidethe
toolsforqueryingandanalyzingdata.Landscapearchitects,however,canuseGISatallscales
toevaluatethesuitabilityoflocations,examinethefeasibilityofproposals,allocateuseswithin
asite,andpredicttheimpactsofdifferentdecisions.Bymakingthedataaccessible,patternsand
relationshipscanbebetterunderstood,andmoreintelligentlandusedecisionscanbemade.
ProjectDescriptionInformation Products
Thefirststepintheprojectwastodefinetherequiredinformationproductsthatthe
GISdatabaseshouldprovide.Informationproductsarethefinalproductsorservicesthatthe
intendedusersoftheGISwillneed.Theymaytaketheformofmaps,reports,graphs,lists,
oracombinationofthesethings.Understandingthedesiredoutputfromthebeginninghelps
guidethedesignofthedatabaseandimprovesthelikelihoodofsuccess.Italsodetermineswhat
datasetsareneededasinput.
Thedatabaseisintendedtomeettheneedsofundergraduatelandscapearchitecture
studentsatUCDaviswhoareinterestedinusingGISintheirdesignstudioclasses.Itsprimary
functionwouldbetosupportthesiteanalysisphaseofadesignorplanningproject.Asa
result,itshouldbeabletoproviderelevantinformationonthephysical,biological,andcultural
featuresintheareaoftheprojectsite.Preferably,experientialfeatureswouldalsobedescribed.3
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Oftenthesevariableswillneedtobeevaluatedonaproject-by-projectbasis,butsome,suchas
viewsheds,areabletobederivedfromexistingGISdata.
Scope
ThespatialextentofthedatabasecoversYoloCounty,andtherelevantmapscalefor
analysisandmapproductionisgenerally1:24,000orless.Thesecriteriaweredeterminedbased
onthegoalsoftheproject,andonthelimitationsofcertaindatasets.Thisshouldbesufficient
formostcityorregionalplanningprojects.Oneofthebenefitsofthegeodatabase,however,is
thatthedesignschemacanbeeasilymodifiedandadaptedtonewsituations.Asaresult,the
geodatabasedesignproducedduringthisprojectcanbeausefulstartingpointformanyfuture
TheDesignProcessisoftenrepresenteddifferenty,asshownbyFigures1and2.
Regardlessoftherepresentation,GIStypicallyplaysitsbiggestroleinthesiteinventoryandanalysisphases.
Figure1-ReproducedfromHannaandCulpepper1998.
Figure2-ReproducedfromLaGro2008.
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applicationswithinthedomainofstudentlandscapearchitectureprojects.
Geodatabases
Ageographicdatamodelisanabstractdigitalrepresentationofreal-worldfeatures.
Itprovidestheframeworkthatallowsspatialinformationtobeaccuratelyrepresentedand
analyzed.Geographicdatamodelscanbeimplementedinavarietyofdifferentways,with
varyinglevelsofsophisticationandcomplexity.Thedatamodeldescribedinthisprojectwas
implementedontheESRIGeodatabase.
TheESRIGeodatabaseallowsfortherelativelysophisticatedrepresentationofspatial
data.Itallowsspecificrulesandrelationshipstobedefined,whichcanimprovetheinternal
consistencyofthedataandrepresentreal-worldfeaturesmoreaccurately.Italsoallows
advancedspatialrelationshipssuchastopologyandgeometricnetworkstobemodeled(Arctur
andZeiler2004).Inaddition,thegeodatabaseprovidesasingle,centralizedlocationforthe
storageofspatialdata.
Therearemanytypesofcomplexrelationshipsthatcanbemodeledinageodatabase.
Topologyrules,forexample,ensuretheintegrityofthespatialrelationshipsbetweenfeatures.
Anexampleofatopologyruleisthatstatepolygonsmustnotoverlap.Relationshipclasses
definegeneralassociationsbetweenfeatures.Forexample,theassociationbetweenaparcelof
landanditsownercouldberepresentedbyarelationshipclass.Theoriginalgoalofthisproject
wastoproduceafullydevelopeddatamodelthatdefinedtopologyrules,relationshipsbetween
associatedfeatureclasses,andspecificvalidationrules.Duetotimelimitations,manyofthese
moreadvancedfeatureswerenotdeveloped.Designingageodatabase,however,isaniterative
process,whichshouldberefinedanddevelopedovertime(Tomlinson2007).Theresultofthis
projectrepresentsthefirststepinthatprocess.Manysourcesofusefuldatawereidentifiedand
logicallyorganizedwithinageodatabase.Thelimitationsofthedatahavebeenevaluatedand
futuregoalsandimprovementshavebeenidentified.
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GeodatabaseDescriptionGeneral Description and Organization
AllofthedatacollectedforthisprojecthasbeenorganizedwithinanESRIFile
Geodatabase.TheindividualfileshavebeenclippedtotheshapeofYoloCountyandprojected
intotheCaliforniaStatePlaneCoordinateSystem,Zone2(FIPSzone0402).Thiszoneusesthe
LambertConformalConicProjectionandtheNorthAmericanDatumof1983.USSurveyfeet
arethelinearunitofmeasurement.Thiscoordinatesystemwasselectedbecauseitisusedby
thelocalcountyandmunicipalgovernments,andbecauseofthelowamountofdistortionthatit
causes.
Withinthegeodatabase,featureclassesaregroupedthematicallyintofeaturedatasets.
Thecategoriesforthefeaturedatasetsare:politicalboundaries,censusdata,farmlandandsoils,
hydrology,landuse,andtransportation.Severalstandalonerasterdatasetsarealsoincluded.
Theyare:USGSDigitalRasterGraphics,adigitalelevationmodel,aLandsatimage,andaland
coverraster.Hillshadeandslopelayerswerealsoderivedfromthedigitalelevationmodel.All
initialrasterdatasetshavebeenmergedintoasinglerasterdatasetandclippedtotheboundaries
ofYoloCounty.Thiswasdonetoimprovedisplayperformanceandremoveseamsinthedata.
Thematic Layers
Thefollowingarebriefdescriptionsofthedifferentthematiclayersthatarerepresented
inthegeodatabase,alongwithsampleimagesofsomeofthelayers:
• PoliticalBoundaries
o Cities–CitylimitsforallincorporatedcitiesinYoloCounty.Originallyfrom
CensusTIGERfiles,nowupdatedbyYoloCountyandSACOG
staff.Attributesincludecitynamesandareas(polygons)
o UCDavis–UCDavisboundary(polygon)
o YoloCounty–YoloCountyBoundary(polygon)
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• Census
o 2000CensusBlocks–Censusblocksfromtheyear2000census.Thecensus
blockisthesmallestunitofaggregationthatthecensusdepartment
releasespublicdatafor.Additionaldatasuchaspopulationcounts
havebeenappendedtothislayer(polygons)
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• FarmlandandSoils
o RegionalFarmland–CreatedbyCADepartmentofConservation,Farmland
MappingProgram.Attributesincludetypeandimportance
(polygons)
o SoilPointFeatures–Significantpointfeaturesassociatedwiththesoil.Fromthe
NRCSSoilSurveyGeographic(SSURGO)Database(points)
o Soilpolygons–SoildatafromtheNRCSSoilSurveyGeographic(SSURGO)
Database.Thereisahugeamountofdataassociatedwiththis
dataset.Onlyasmallamounthasbeenincludedwiththedatabase
forthisproject,butessentiallyalloftheinformationinthesoil
surveycanbelinkedtothesoilpolygonsandmapped(polygons)
o WilliamsonAct–ShowsthecurrentstatusofWilliamsonActcontract,including
farmlandstatus.MaintainedbytheCaliforniaDepartmentof
Conservation(polygons)
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• Hydrology
o USGSDigitalLineGraphs,lines–Detailedhydrologicfeaturesincluding
streams,anddrainagechannels.DerivedfromUSGStopographic
maps(lines)
o USGSDigitalLineGraphs,polygons–Same,butshowingpolygonfeaturessuch
aslakesandwidechannels(polygons)
o GroundwaterBasins-GroundwaterbasinsasdefinedbytheCalifornia
DepartmentofWaterResources.Designatedbasedongeological
andhydrologicalconditions.
o Watersheds–WatershedBoundaryDatasetderivedfromUSGSDRG’s
(polygons)
o Hydrologicpointfeatures–PointfeaturesfromtheUSGSDigitalLineGraphs.
(points)
o Levees–SourceisfromNRCSSoilSurveyGeographic(SSURGO)Database
(lines)
o RiversandStreams-majorhydrologicfeaturesdigitizedfrom1:24,000-scale
USGStopographicmaps(lines)
o VernalPools–Vernalpoolcomplexesmorethan40acresinsize.Attributes
includedensityrating(polygons)
o Wetlands–FromU.S.FishandWildlifeServiceNationalWetlandsInventory
–Attributesincludewetlandtypeandarea(polygons)
o YoloBypass–YoloBypassfromSACOG(polygon)
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• LandUse
o Parks–ParksinYoloCounty,fromSACOG(polygons)
o TaxParcels–ParcelsfromCountyofYolo.Attributesincludestreetaddresses
(polygons)
o YoloCountyLandUse–LandUseforunincorporatedareasofYoloCounty.
City-levellanduseisalsoavailable,butisnotincludedin
thisdatabase.Attributedincludelandusesandplanningareas
(polygons)
o YoloCountyZoning–Sameaslanduse,butforzoning(polygons)
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• Transportation
o AmtrakStations–ThestationinDavisistheonlyoneinYoloCounty(point)
o BikeRoutes–BikeRoutesfromSACOG.Attributesincludestatusandclass
(lines)
o MajorHighways–MajorHighwaysinYoloCountyAttributesincludelengths
andnames(lines)
o MajorRoads–MajorroadsinYoloCounty.Attributesincluderoadclassesand
numberoflanes(lines)
o Railroads–RailroadsinYoloCounty.Attributesincludenameofowner(lines)
o RoadCenterlines–RoadcenterlinesforallofYoloCounty.Attributesinclude
streetnamesandaddressranges(lines)
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Rasters:
•USGSDigitalRasterGraphics–ScannedcopiesofUSGS7.5-minutetopographicmaps.
Acolormapisappliedtoensureaconsistentdisplay(raster)
• DigitalElevationModel(DEM)–ExtractedfromtheUSGSNationalElevationdataset.
Mergedintosingleseamlessraster.Resolutionis1arc-second
(about30meters)(continuousraster)
• Hillshade–DerivedfromtheDEM(continuousraster)
• Slope–AlsoderivedfromtheDEM(continuousraster)
• Landsatimage–Landsat5TMimageacquiredonJune8,2009(multispectralraster)
• LandCover–Landcoverandvegetationfromthefireandresourceassessmentprogram.
AttributesincludeWildlife-HabitatRelationship(WHR)typesand
lifeforms(discreteraster)
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StandAloneTables:
• Therearealsoseveralstandalonetablesthatprovideadditionalinformationforcertain
datasets.
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USGSDRG
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SourcesofGISDataOnline sources
TheamountandthequalityoftheGISdatathatisavailabletothegeneralpublicis
rapidlyincreasing,andmuchofitisnowavailableonline.Inaddition,manynonspatialdatasets
canbeassociatedwithageographiclocationthroughcoordinates,oraddressinformation.The
followingarejustafewofthemanysourcesofGISData:
• CityofDavis-http://cityofdavis.org/gis/index.cfm
• CityofWestSacramento-http://www.cityofwestsacramento.org/services/gis/default.asp
• YoloCounty-http://www.yolocounty.org/Index.aspx?page=587
• SacramentoAreaCouncilofGovernments(SACOG)-http://www.sacog.org/mapping/
• CaliforniaSpatialInformationLibrary(CaSIL)-http://casil.ucdavis.edu/casil/
Manyadditionalsourcescanbeeasilyfoundonlinethroughsearchenginesorlistsmaintainedby
otherorganizations:
• UCDavisLibrary-http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/mapcollection/gis.php
• StanfordUniversityLibrary-http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/gis/web.html
Inmanycases,however,appropriateGISdatamaynotalreadybeavailableforasite.This
canoftenoccurwithsmallsites,wheremuchmoredetaileddataisrequired.Inthesecases,it
isoftennecessarytocreateanewdatasetfromscratch.Oneeasywaysofdoingthisistotrace
featuresfromanimage,suchasanaerialphotograph.Anotheroptionistocollectfielddata
usingaGPSreceiver.
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GPS
TheuseofGPSisbecomingincreasinglyfrequentamongboththescientificcommunity
andthegeneralpublic.CollectingaccurateinformationforuseinaGIS,however,requiresa
basicunderstandingofhowthetechnologyworks,andwhatitslimitationsare.GPSstands
fortheglobalpositioningsystem,whichconsistsofatleast24operationalsatellitesatall
times,alongwithgroundcontrolandtrackingstations.Thesatellitescontinuouslytransmit
amicrowaveradiosignal,whichiscomposedoftwocarrierfrequencies,twoormoredigital
codes,andanavigationmessage.GPSreceiverscanobservethisinformationandtriangulatea
positionbasedonthecalculateddistancestoeachsatellite(El-Rabbany2006).Severaldifferent
techniqueshavebeendevelopedtoimprovetheaccuracyofthesecalculations.DifferentGPS
receiversalsohavevaryingcapabilitiesformakinguseofthedifferentGPSobservables.
OneofthemostimportanttechniquesforimprovingtheaccuracyofGPSmeasurements
iscalleddifferential(orrelative)positioning.ThistechniqueusestwoGPSreceivers,which
simultaneouslytrackthesamesatellites.Thelocationofoneofthereceivers(thebasereceiver)
isknownveryprecisely,whichallowstheamountofmeasurementerrortobedetermined.This
errorcanthenbecorrectedforintheotherreceiver,whichismeasuringunknownpositions.
Differentialpositioningallowsmeasurementstobemadeonanaccuracylevelofafewmeters
tomillimeters,dependingonthequalityofthereceiversused.Thisisgenerallytheaccuracy
requiredformostGISapplications.
Theoperationofahighlyprecisebasereceiver,however,canbeacomplicatedand
expensiveoperation.Fortunately,severaldifferentorganizationsoperatepermanentGPS
referencestationnetworkswhichprovidecorrectiondata,oftenfreeofcharge.Onewidely
availablesourceofcorrectiondataisprovidedbytheU.S.FederalAviationAdministration
(FAA).Thesystemisknownasthewideareaaugmentationsystem(WAAS).Itconsistsof25
referencestations,twomasterstations,andtwogeostationarysatellites.Measurementstakenat
thereferencestationsareusedtoestimatethedifferentialcorrections,whicharethentransmitted
toGPSreceiversacrossthecountryviathegeostationarysatellites(El-Rabbany2006).
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StudentsinthelandscapearchitectureprogramhaveaccesstoGPSreceiversfromthe
CenterforRegionalChange,whichusetheWAAStotakemeasurementsatanaccuracylevelof
about2-5meters.Thisistypicallysufficientforcollectingspatialdatathatisgoingtobeusedin
aGIS.
Remote Sensing
Remotesensingdataareanotherveryusefulsourceofspatialinformation.Remote
sensingisaverydiversefield,whichmakesitsomewhatdifficulttodefine.Ingeneral,however,
remotelysenseddataisacquiredbyasensorlocatedonanaerialorasatelliteplatform.
Bymeasuringvariablessuchasthespectrumofreflectedlight,ortheamountofenergy
backscatteredfromasurface,itispossibletodeterminecertainthingsaboutthepropertiesofthat
object.
Remotelysenseddatacanbeusedtomapbiophysicalvariablessuchasbiomass,
elevation,andsoilmoisture.Bycombiningvariousbiophysicalvariables,itisalsopossibleto
maphybridvariablessuchaslanduse,landcover,andvegetationstress.Remotesensinghas
manylimitations,butitiscapableofprovidinglargequantitiesofusefulspatialinformation
quickly,andatarelativelylowcost(Jensen2007).Satellite-basedsensors,forexample,can
monitortheearthalmostcontinuously.Thisallowsdatatobearchivedandcomparedoverlong
periodsoftime.
ThedatabasedevelopedforthisprojectincludesLandsatimagerycoveringallofYolo
County.TheLandsatProgramismanagedbyNASAandtheUSGS,andhasbeencollecting
satelliteimagerysince1972.TherearecurrentlytwoLandsatsatellitesinorbit,Landsat5and
Landsat7(Landsat6failedtoreachorbit).Mostofthedataisavailableonlineandcanbe
downloadedfreeofcharge.Thismakesitanexcellentresourceforbothcurrentandhistorical
imagery.Betweenthetwoactivesatellites,newimageryisacquiredforanareaevery8days.
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CaseStudy
Thisprojectdoesnotfocusonmethodsofdataanalysis,butthefollowingexample
demonstratesaverysimplewaythatGISdatacanbeused.Lossofprimefarmlandfrom
urbanexpansionisaseriousconcern,particularlyintheCentralValley.Bycomparingdatasets
fromdifferentperiodsoftime,itispossibletodeterminehowmuchchangehasoccurred.In
thefollowinggraphics,urbanareasfromthe2000censusarecomparedtothecurrentcity
boundaries.Areasofsignificantchangeareidentifiedandverifiedwithrecentaerialphotos.
Theseareasarethenintersectedwithsoildatatodeterminehowmuchprimefarmlandwaslost.
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TotalAreaofFarmlandLost: -Statewidesignificance-1.75acres -Notprimefarmland-1.89acres -Primeifirrigated-675.47acres
Conclusion Thisexample,whilerelativelysimple,illustratesthepowerofaGISdatabasetointegrate
spatialdatafromseveraldifferentsourcesinordertoansweraquestion.Thedatabasedeveloped
inthisprojecttakesthefirststepstowardsthedevelopmentofamoresophisticatedLandscape
ArchitectureDataModel.
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