Getting a File Based Geodatabase from DataBC into QGIS File Based GeoDatabase A File Based GeoDataBase is a format from ESRI engineered to hold a variety of data with in a folder on a computer. This is a proprietary format, but ESRI has published the structure of the data enabling Read more…
Topics for today We are going to get started on the last lab/tutorial project for the semester by combining your gpx data downloaded from your mobile phones Open Street Map data. We then are going to work with the GPX data we used in lab last week to test our Read more…
Tackling some technical issues today Reviewing Midterm The midterm answer key is posted online at: Geog 204 2020, Midterm Answer Key We will go through the answer key and see if we can access the quiz each student wrote through Teams. Scott has returned each student’s quiz back to the Read more…
Lit Review Follow this link to read the description of the Lit Review assignment (you can also find the link on the Course syllabus page:https://gis.unbc.ca/geog204/geog-204-literature-review/ Project Description Folow this link to read through an example template for the class project (there is also a link on the course syllabus page):https://gis.unbc.ca/geog204/geog-204-project-layout/ Read more…
We have looked at data and the connections between the geometries (features) and their attributes in layers. One of the other key aspects in learning GIS is the analysis of relationships between layers. As we see in lab, GIS software such as QGIS and ArcPro have a multitude of tools 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…
Catching up – labs and tutorial Geotagged photos – issues with iPhone For your second assignment, geotagged photos are to be included for question 5. If you are having problems getting your photos to work in GPSPrune, use the photos Scott has at: L:\GEOG204\tutorial1 Question 3 in the second assignment Read more…
Simple Features In the world of GIS, most of the data we work with is based on the concept of Simple Features. This is a standard (Simple Features Specification) to describe how geometric objects are modelled for use in GIS software. For us, we can start off thinking of features Read more…
Using our GeoTagged photos with GPSPrune and Google Earth Many of you may have taken a crack at geolocating you mobile phone photos by using GPSPrune on you own computers. Well do to those who were successful in getting a Google Earth layer. We will review the process today using Read more…
Using simple media devices to work with GeoSpatial Technologies The images below are presenting different aspects of the ongoing wildfires in BC in 2017. Each photo has a a story attached to it, but all of them can be made use of with GeoSpatial software – such as what we Read more…