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…
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…
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…
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…
What are we going to do this year This year will be a bit of an adventure in getting to know GIS. In fact we will be stumbling along together to learn the fundamentals of GIS to the use of GeoSpatial technologies in general. This means we will be using Read more…