A very spatial software session


Meg Miller - GIS & Data Visualization Librarian


workspace: bit.ly/uml_agol

Outline


  1. What is GIS?
  2. Considerations fif you are undertaking a GIS project
  3. Data Visualization and Campus Libraries
  4. ArcGIS Online (workshop)

What is GIS?

Geographic Information System

Any system used to analyze, capture or work with geospatial data.

1. What data types are used in GIS


Data Types: Tabular

Screenshot of a table

Data Types: Vector (point, line, polygon)


points, lines and areas

Data Types: Raster

screenshot of a raster image

Data Types: Service/ Dynamic connection

screenshot of a service image

2. Then what is HGIS (or any other subject specific acronym)



"GIS enabled historical consciousness"


Sasha Mullally- UNB History Dept.

Popular processes:

  1. Digitization of historical maps/images
  2. Reconstruction of features from the past
  3. Georeferencing microdata
  4. Analyzing microdata to show trends and patterns.

Considerations:

  1. Data
  2. Audience
  3. Time

3. How can Libraries support me


Library Support:

Librarian Support

Subject Guides

Training opportunities

Key Points:

  • Your expertise - be kind to your future self
  • Purpose - exploratory vs. explanatory
  • Audience - expertise, mediation
  • Data requirements - size, residency, privacy...

Hands-on: Exploring ArcGIS Online

Workshop content

Questions


meg.miller@umanitoba.ca

workspace: bit.ly/uml_agol