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Organising geospatial data files for portable projects Projections and Coordinate Reference Systems
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Coming soon Methods to create/collect geospatial data: Digitalising based on areal photos/historical maps Field collection apps Drawing on maps
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If you are new to geospatial data, I recommend reading the article “The fundamentals of GeoSpatial data” which explains the basics of vector and raster data. If you are looking for an article about how to find GeoSpatial data read the article “Accessing and Managing Geospatial data“ Ways to Access data When you have found…
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Data and Map portals are a rather heterogeneous group. Some are what is generally known as metadata servers that collect and organise all links to data within a country or region. While it at first glance might seem strange to cover data and maps under a common heading. The reason for this is that it…
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In this learning path, we will first look at when to make a map or use another way of communicating the information in question. Then We will look at the basic technical aspects of making a map (note there are videos for either QGIS or ArcGIS pro). After this, I will present different more detailed…
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This is really a rather complex issue and is described in several sub articles This article need rewrite to insure that it also covers aspects such as world of discourse and ontology When discussing how geospatial information is represented as geospatial data it is common to distinguish between two aspects of geospatial data namely attribute…
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The Philosophy of Perception underlying most geospatial data collection is the idea that the way we gather and interpret data is inherently influenced by our perceptual experiences and biases. It suggests that the methods used for collecting geospatial data, such as remote sensing or field observations, are not neutral and objective, but rather are shaped…
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When people say they just need a map of a given location they are typically implying that they want a topographical map of that location. A topographical map is a map that depicts the location of physical structures and perhaps services such as stations, atm’s Betural stations etc. The easiest way to obtain such a…
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Many of the learning paths are available in different software variants i.e QGIS ArcMap pro, Google Earth Engine, Python, and Javascript so you can work with it in your preferred environment.
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Label (Link to RUC’s datacatalog) Definition (Link to official definition) Addresses Location of properties based on address identifiers, usually by road name, house number, postal code. Administrative units Units of administration, dividing areas where Member States have and/or exercise jurisdictional rights, for local, regional and national governance, separated by administrative boundaries. Agricultural and aquaculture facilities…