Not points, lines and polygons We have looked at vector data so far in the labs and tutorials. We understand the relationship between these vector layers. We have investigated how vector geometries and attributes can be manipulated through spatial analysis, and now we are going to look at a different Read more…
Enterprise data security and safety Ensuring your data is safe is part of being a Spatial Data Manager. Today we are going to look at backing up our database and then taking a look at versioning data in PostGIS through a QGIS plugin. Backing up your data Backing up the Read more…
The recording of this lecture can veiwed at:Video Link Looking at some of our relational databases Install some software and get some data To view some of the database information, install browser for sqlite and download some files from our download link at: https://fileshare.gis.unbc.ca/index.php/s/NmT5iDW4awTezfp From the link you will need: Read more…
Online and Take Home This year the midterm for Geog 204 will be a combination of an online synchronous portion and a take home to email later portion. Synchronous portion on Teams The synchronous portion of the exam will take place at the scheduled lecture period of 8:30 Friday October Read more…
The use of Unique IDs to relate census layers In the lab and tutorial we have looked at Census data in the forms of Postal Codes and Dissemination Layers. In lecture we have looked at the small area layers that can be use for analysis such as: Blocks, Dissemination Area, Read more…
Topics: Solving a Problem We have been working toward gaining some understanding of the many aspects of spatial data, and how descriptive information can be linked to these geographical entities. Today we are going to take a break from GIS theory and concentrate on GIS applications. This is where we Read more…
Accessing Dissemination Area stats We are going to download some census data for Dissemination Areas (DA) for BC. This will work for our attribute data for working with DA polygons in the labs and perhaps for student projects. Using Census Analyzer You can connect to the University of Toronto Census Read more…
Guest lecture notes from Dr. Neil Hanlon We will be using several datasets in the course this year. We will spend time getting a deeper understanding of Statistics Canada data ( Census data) in particular. Neil Hanlon is a professor in the Geography program an has presented a primer on Read more…
Guest Lecturer – Scott Emmons Historical perspectives of indigenous people Check out the historical map of depicting wilderness! http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/can1700.htm Many Nations existing within what is Canadian borders Different governing systems for different nations with large areas of land that were associated with nations. Established relationships (i.e. trade) amongst nations Transportation Read more…
The video recording link for this lecture is:Video Link Using a Plugin in QGIS for data analysis in PostGIS We have been working towards using the enterprise database management system for our data storage and analysis needs. Today we will get a brief introduction to the logic of data stored Read more…