Submitting your final project presentation file: Please submit your final project presentation as a .PPT or .PPTX file ONLY: Most programs allow you to export presentation slides as a .ppt file extension – if you are having trouble with this, please let us know before 4:00 PM on Friday, December Read more…
Some Housekeeping Notes: Lab computers: Please do not turn off computers when leaving the lab! They get important updates at night, but only if they are left running (do log out of your personal account, though). Lab flexibility: The next three weeks of lab are going to be dedicated to Read more…
In this course we will use both QGIS, a free and open source software package that is developed using open standards, and ArcGIS by ESRI, the most popular desktop GIS software globally. With the software being Open Source, you can download QGIS on your personal computer (even for those non-Open Read more…
Exam Layout On the exam there will be: some (not many) multiple choicefill in the blank questionsshort answershort written tasks – short essay or combination of short paragraph questions In this class we covered many GIS concepts and techniques and how these can be combined to solve problems proposed in Read more…
Data for Decision and the Canadian Geographical Information System We will look at a video produced in the 1960s for the promotion of the Canadian Geographic Information System (CGIS). Here is the link to the first video – they stream together in order of Youtube: Data for decision Topics to Read more…
Points to keep in mind GIS is NOT an umbrella for other geospatial fields Many people express GIS as an umbrella of which their spatial fields such as remote sensing, surface draping rendering (flight simulators) or cartography fall under. These areas are better expressed as separate complimentary entities that exist Read more…
Beyond Accuracy and Precision We discussed the issues of accuracy and precision in last lecture, but we should also look a bit deeper at error and other related issues defining data quality. We are now well versed on how important “clean” spatial data is for mapping and analysis, but we Read more…
Topics for today Lecture on Accuracy and Precision of GIS dataA quick look at Assignment 6 (Due November 16)Last assignment instead of a Lab Quiz Accuracy and Precision Accuracy and precision lecture pdf link Assignment 6 review We are going to make this assignment out of 10 (lowering the value Read more…
Using data from mobile phones, raster and vector data We are going to look at some GPX data (the type that comes off your phone when collecting tracks and waypoints using GPSLogger, OpenGPX, and other methods (like GPS units). We will then take it into QGIS and ArcPro to do Read more…
1. Land Use, Parcels, Streets and Districts can all be placed on top of each other in a GIS such as QGIS (as in the diagram). What is the GIS term that describes them? 1/2 Mark layers 2. What does the GIS acronym stand for – what is GIS short Read more…