The GIS Lab file system has been updated for fall 2020. You can find your personal files in the following locations based upon which operating system you are using. OSMOTAR.GIS.UNBC.CA: All of your files are in the K: drive. Please note that the C: drive is periodically cleaned, you must Read more…
Introduction Today we will be looking at doing GIS inside of the Enterprise Database using PostGIS. Now you may be wondering what is our motivation to using PostgreSQL and primarly it is due to its performance and concurrent access. When we talk about performance we are talking about how many Read more…
This weeks lab will be completed in Windows as we will be using a new piece of software called Cloud Compare that does not work with our Linux file system. You will find the data for this lab in /data/compare_clouds Create a new project in Metashape and add all the Read more…
Part 1: Using our mobile phones to collect field data As we cannot access our Virtual Machines presently, we will switch gears to add in a second assignment. The APP(s) to be used in the assignment We have looked at a couple GNSS apps in Android and iOS (GPSLogger and Read more…
Git Init When using git repositories your project folder is presented to the operating system simply as a folder with files. There is also a hidden folder named .git that is used by git to track changes. The .git folder contains information about where the repository is hosted, and the Read more…
Introduction In todays labs we are going to look at optimizing our databases for efficiency, in terms of storage space, performance, and truth. We will do this through a process called Normalization. Keys & Normalized form Normalized form is a large topic that could easily be its own course, we Read more…
Specifically we will use PostgreSQL, with the PostGIS extensions. During your career you may also come across ArcGIS Enterprise Databases, Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MySQL, or others. We have chosen PostgreSQL because of the PostGIS extensions, and it is open source, however the basic principals leared here will apply to other Read more…
Introduction As we live in the information age, we often need ways of wading through huge amounts of data, as computers get faster they can in many cases work faster than we can. It is often very advantagous to automate repetitive tasks in GIS to allow you to do more Read more…
This week’s lab will focus on building a foundation in scripting skills using python. Before we can start programming we need to set up our development environment, the development environment consists of 3 main components: a programming language, a text editor, and libraries. Our Programming language is Python 3, this Read more…
Connect to your Virtual Machine Connect to UNBC’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: https://www.unbc.ca/information-technology-services/virtual-desktop Open up Windows Remote Desktop Connection, and enter the IP address provided to you in feed back from your fist assignment. Once you press connect you will be given the login screen, log in as root, and use Read more…