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'''<font size=5>The Evil is in The Data</font>'''
 
'''<font size=5>The Evil is in The Data</font>'''
  
== Geospatial Data Models and Modelling==
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= Geospatial Data Models and Modelling=
===Representing Real World Geography===
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==Representing Real World Geography==
 
*  Digital representation
 
*  Digital representation
 
*  The fundamental problem
 
*  The fundamental problem
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*  Topology data models
 
*  Topology data models
  
=== Georeferencing===
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== Georeferencing==
 
*  Basic concepts of projections and coordinates
 
*  Basic concepts of projections and coordinates
 
*  Georeferencing
 
*  Georeferencing
 
*  Geocoding
 
*  Geocoding
  
===Geospatial data modelling===
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==Geospatial data modelling==
 
*  Geospatial database design
 
*  Geospatial database design
 
*  Spatial Metadata
 
*  Spatial Metadata
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*  Multi-user editing and versioning
 
*  Multi-user editing and versioning
  
===Geospatial Data Repositories===
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==Geospatial Data Repositories==
 
* File-based
 
* File-based
 
* Geospatial RDBMS
 
* Geospatial RDBMS
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== Before Class Readings ==
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= Readings =
A Gentle Introduction to GIS [http://docs.qgis.org/2.6/en/docs/gentle_gis_introduction/]. Section on Vector Data, Vector Attribute Data, Raster Data, Topology and Coordinates Reference Systems. 
 
 
 
ESRI Press. ESRI Press titles include Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design
 
  
Map Projection [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_Projection]
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==Core Readings==
  
Geocoding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoding]
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* [https://mgimond.github.io/Spatial/feature-representation.html Chapter 2 Feature Representation] of '''Intro to GIS and Spatial Analysis'''
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* [https://mgimond.github.io/Spatial/gis-data-management.html Chapter 3 GIS Data Management] of '''Intro to GIS and Spatial Analysis'''
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* [https://mgimond.github.io/Spatial/coordinate-systems.html Chapter 9 Coordinate Systems] of '''Intro to GIS and Spatial Analysis'''
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* [http://downloads2.esri.com/support/documentation/ao_/Modeling_our_World.pdf Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design]
  
== Hands-on Session ==
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==Additional Readings==
'''Week 2: Working with Geospatial Data (The hands-on exercise handout and dataset are available in Dropbox) '''
 
  
== References ==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_Projection Map Projection]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoding Geocoding]
  
  
== Discussion ==
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== All About QGIS ==
  
[[Talk:Lesson02|Discussion Lesson 02]]
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* [https://docs.qgis.org/3.4/en/docs/gentle_gis_introduction/ A Gentle Introduction to GIS]. Section on Vector Data, Vector Attribute Data, Raster Data, Topology and Coordinates Reference Systems.

Latest revision as of 16:20, 15 August 2019

UrbanGIS.jpg SMT201 Geographic Information Systems for Urban Planning

About

Weekly Session

Take Home Exercises

GIS Project

Course Resources

 



The Evil is in The Data

Geospatial Data Models and Modelling

Representing Real World Geography

  • Digital representation
  • The fundamental problem
  • The spatial data models
  • Topology data models

Georeferencing

  • Basic concepts of projections and coordinates
  • Georeferencing
  • Geocoding

Geospatial data modelling

  • Geospatial database design
  • Spatial Metadata
  • Spatial indexing
  • Multi-user editing and versioning

Geospatial Data Repositories

  • File-based
  • Geospatial RDBMS
  • Cloud based geospatial database


Readings

Core Readings

Additional Readings


All About QGIS