Fundamentals Dr. Ronald Briggs

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1 (Geographic Information Systems) Fundamentals Dr. Ronald Briggs The University of Texas at Dallas Program in Geospatial Information Sciences

2 Dr. Ronald Briggs Office: Green Personal Nuts and Bolts Phone: (o), (cell) Office hours: Tues 6:30-7:00; Tues/Wed 3:00-4:00 by appointment (send ) feel free to drop-in; I m on campus most days (except Friday) briggs@utdallas.edu or rbriggs@utdallas.edu Web: 2

3 Course Nuts and Bolts Texts Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, Rhind Geographic Information Systems and Science 2nd Ed. Wiley, 2005 Software & Training: Gorr and Kurland GIS Tutorial: Workbook for ArcView 9 ESRI Press 2005 (includes 9.1 software) or Ormsby, et. al, Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop 2nd Ed. (ESRI Press, 2004) (includes 9.2 software on latest version) Alternatives to Longley: Chang, Introduction to GIS McGraw-Hill, 3rd ed (used also in GISC 6384) Lo, C.P. and Albert Yeung Concepts and Techniques of GIS Prentice Hall, 2 nd Ed (best technical intro.) Worboys, Michael GIS: A Computing Perspective Taylor & Francis, 2nd Ed 2004 (Computational focus) Evaluation midterm exam (35%) ( T/F with explanation ) final exam (40%) ( T/F with explanation ) five lab exercises (25% total). 3

4 GIS--What is it? No easy answer anymore! Geographic/Geospatial Information information about places on the earth s surface knowledge about what is where when (Don t forget time!) Geographic/geospatial: synonymous GIS--what s in the S? Systems: the technology Science: the concepts and theory Studies: the societal context 4

5 Geographic Information Technologies Global Positioning Systems (GPS) a system of earth-orbiting satellites which can provide precise (100 meter to sub-cm.) location on the earth s surface (in lat/long coordinates or equiv.) Remote Sensing (RS) use of satellites or aircraft to capture information about the earth s surface Digital ortho images a key product (map accurate digital photos) Geographic Information Systems (GISy) Software systems with capability for input, storage, manipulation/analysis and output/display of geographic (spatial) information GPS and RS are sources of input data for a GISy. A GISy provides for storing and manipulating GPS and RS data. 5

6 GI Systems, Science and Studies Which will we do? Systems technology for the acquisition and management of spatial information The focus of this course (GISC 6381 GIS Fundamentals) Science comprehending the underlying conceptual issues of representing data and processes in space-time the theory and concepts behind the technology Introduce enough of the science to apply the systems correctly and understand their capabilities and limitations Studies understanding the social, legal and ethical issues associated with the application of GISy and GISc Discuss societal implications primarily in GISC 6383 (GIS Management and Implementation), and in GISC 6381 (GIS Fund) as they arise Combine hands-on technical training with an understanding of the underlying science, and an emphasis on multidisciplinary applications 6

7 Defining Geographic Information Systems (GIS) The common ground between information processing and the many fields using spatial analysis techniques. (Tomlinson, 1972) A powerful set of tools for collecting, storing, retrieving, transforming, and displaying spatial data from the real world. (Burroughs, 1986) A computerised database management system for the capture, storage, retrieval, analysis and display of spatial (locationally defined) data. (NCGIA, 1987) A decision support system involving the integration of spatially referenced data in a problem solving environment. (Cowen, 1988) 7

8 An Inelegant Definition for GISy A system of integrated computer-based tools for end-toend processing (capture, storage, retrieval, analysis, display) of data using location on the earth s surface for interrelation in support of operations management, decision making, and science. set of integrated tools for spatial analysis encompasses end-to-end processing of data capture, storage, retrieval, analysis/modification, display uses explicit location on earth s surface to relate data aimed at decision support, as well as on-going operations and scientific inquiry 8

9 Geographic Information System: intuitive description A map with a database behind it. A virtual representation of the real world and its infrastructure. A consistent as-built of the real world, natural and manmade Which is queried to support on-going operations summarized to support strategic decision making and policy formulation analyzed to support scientific inquiry 9

10 How GIS differs from Related Systems DBMS--typical MIS data base contains implicit but not explicit locational information city, county, zip code, etc. but no geographical coordinates is 100 N. High around the corner or across town from 200 E Main? automated mapping (AM) --primarily two-dimensional display devices thematic mapping (choropleth,etc such as SAS/GRAPH, DIDS, business mapping software) unable to relate different geographical layers (e.g zip codes and counties) automated cartography--graphical design oriented; limited database ability facility management (FM) systems-- lack spatial analysis tools CAD/CAM (computer aided design/drafting)--primarily 3-D graphic creation (engineering design) & display systems don t reference via geographic location CAD sees the world as a 3-D cube, GIS as a 3-D sphere limited (if any) database ability (especially for non-spatial data) scientific visualization systems--sophisticated multi-dimensional graphics, but: lack database support lack two-dimensional spatial analysis tools 10

11 Why Study GIS? 80% of local government activities estimated to be geographically based plats, zoning, public works (streets, water supply, sewers), garbage collection, land ownership and valuation, public safety (fire and police) a significant portion of state government has a geographical component natural resource management highways and transportation businesses use GIS for a very wide array of applications retail site selection & customer analysis logistics: vehicle tracking & routing natural resource exploration (petroleum, etc.) precision agriculture civil engineering and construction Military and defense Battlefield management Satellite imagery interpretation scientific research employs GIS geography, geology, botany anthropology, sociology, economics, political science Epidemiology, criminology 11

12 Where Most UT-D Students Come From/Go To The major areas of GIS application Local Government Public works/infrastructure management (roads, water, sewer) Planning and environmental management property records and appraisal Real Estate and Marketing Retail site selection, site evaluation Public safety and defense Crime analysis, fire prevention, emergency management, military/defense Natural resource exploration/extraction Petroleum, minerals, quarrying Transportation Airline route planning, transportation planning/modeling Public health and epidemiology The Geospatial Industry Data development, application development, programming 12

13 Examples of Applied GIS Urban Planning, Management & Policy Zoning, subdivision planning Land acquisition Economic development Code enforcement Housing renovation programs Emergency response Crime analysis Tax assessment Environmental Sciences Monitoring environmental risk Modeling stormwater runoff Management of watersheds, floodplains, wetlands, forests, aquifers Environmental Impact Analysis Hazardous or toxic facility siting Groundwater modeling and contamination tracking Political Science Redistricting Analysis of election results Predictive modeling Civil Engineering/Utility Locating underground facilities Designing alignment for freeways, transit Coordination of infrastructure maintenance Business Demographic Analysis Market Penetration/ Share Analysis Site Selection Education Administration Attendance Area Maintenance Enrollment Projections School Bus Routing Real Estate Neighborhood land prices Traffic Impact Analysis Determination of Highest and Best Use Health Care Epidemiology Needs Analysis Service Inventory 13

14 What GIS Applications Do: manage, analyze, communicate make possible the automation of activities involving geographic data map production calculation of areas, distances, route lengths measurement of slope, aspect, viewshed logistics: route planning, vehicle tracking, traffic management allow for the integration of data hitherto confined to independent domains (e.g property maps and air photos). by tieing data to maps, permits the succinct communication of complex spatial patterns (e.g environmental sensitivity). provides answers to spatial queries (how many elderly in Richardson live further than 10 minutes at rush hour from ambulance service?) perform complex spatial modelling (what if scenarios for transportation planning, disaster planning, resource management, utility design) 14

15 GIS System Architecture and Components Data Input Query Input Geographic Database Output: Display and Reporting Transformation and Analysis 15

16 Knowledge Base for GIS Computer Science/MIS graphics visualization database system administration security Geography and related: cartography geodesy photogrammetry landforms spatial statistics. GIS Application Area: public admin. planning geology mineral exploration forestry site selection marketing civil engineering criminal justice surveying The convergence of technological fields and traditional disciplines. 16

17 Take a Break! 17

18 The GIS Data Model 18

19 The GIS Data Model: Purpose allows the geographic features in real world locations to be digitally represented and stored in a database so that they can be abstractly presented in map (analog) form, and can also be worked with and manipulated to address some problem (see associated diagrams) 19

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21 A layer-cake of information GIS Data Model 21

22 The GIS Data Model: Implementation Geographic Integration of Information Administrative Boundaries Utilities Zoning Buildings Parcels Hydrography Streets Digital Orthophoto Data is organized by layers, coverages or themes (synonomous concepts), with each layer representing a common feature. Layers are integrated using explicit location on the earth s surface, thus geographic location is the organizing principal. 22

23 The GIS Model: example roads longitude hydrology longitude topography Here we have three layers or themes: --roads, --hydrology (water), --topography (land elevation) They can be related because precise geographic coordinates are recorded for each theme. Layers are comprised of two data types Spatial data which describes location (where) Attribute data specifing what, how much,when Layers may be represented in two ways: in vector format as points and lines in raster(or image) format as pixels longitude All geographic data has 4 properties: projection, scale, accuracy and resolution 23

24 Spatial and Attribute Data Spatial data (where) specifies location stored in a shape file, geodatabase or similar geographic file Attribute (descriptive) data (what, how much, when) specifies characteristics at that location, natural or humancreated stored in a data base table GIS systems traditionally maintain spatial and attribute data separately, then join them for display or analysis for example, in ArcView, the Attributes of table is used to link a shapefile (spatial structure) with a data base table containing attribute information in order to display the attribute data spatially on a map 24

25 Representing Data with Raster and Vector Models Raster Model area is covered by grid with (usually) equal-sized, square cells attributes are recorded by assigning each cell a single value based on the majority feature (attribute) in the cell, such as land use type. Image data is a special case of raster data in which the attribute is a reflectance value from the geomagnetic spectrum cells in image data often called pixels (picture elements) Vector Model The fundamental concept of vector GIS is that all geographic features in the real work can be represented either as: points or dots (nodes): trees, poles, fire plugs, airports, cities lines (arcs): streams, streets, sewers, areas (polygons): land parcels, cities, counties, forest, rock type Because representation depends on shape, ArcView refers to files containing vector data as shapefiles 25

26 Concept of Vector and Raster Real World Raster Representation R T 1 R T 2 H R 3 R 4 R R 5 R 6 R T T H 7 R T T 8 R 9 R Vector Representation point line polygon 26

27 Dumb Images & Smart GIS Data Smart Vector Pavement polygons Smart Raster 5 feet grids Images dumb rasters (although they look good!) 27

28 Projection, Scale, Accuracy and Resolution the key properties of spatial data Projection: the method by which the curved 3-D surface of the earth is represented by X,Y coordinates on a 2-D flat map/screen distortion is inevitable Scale: the ratio of distance on a map to the equivalent distance on the ground in theory GIS is scale independent but in practice there is an implicit range of scales for data output in any project Accuracy: how well does the database info match the real world Positional: how close are features to their real world location? Consistency: do feature characteristics in database match those in real world is a road in the database a road in the real world? Completeness: are all real world instances of features present in the database? Are all roads included. Resolution: the size of the smallest feature able to be recognized for raster data, it is the pixel size The tighter the specification, the higher the cost. 28

29 Examples 29

30 Layers Vector Layers Street Network layer: lines Land Parcels layer: polygons Raster (image) Layer Digital Ortho Photograph Layer: Feet Digital Ortho photo: combines the visual properties of a photograph with the positional accuracy of a map, in computer readable form. Projection: State Plane, North Central Texas Zone, NAD 83 Resolution: 0.5 meters Accuracy: 1.0 meters Scale: see scale bar 30

31 Overlay based on Common Geographic Location 31

32 Data Table Analysis Scanned Drawing Photographic Image Parcels within a half mile buffer of Park and Central 32

33 Vector Layers Attribute Tables Raster Layers Anatomy of a GIS Database: City of Plano 33

34 Course Content Part I: Overview Fundamentals of GIS Hands-on Intro to ArcGIS (lab 1:00-4:00 or 7:00-10:00pm in GR 3.602) Part II: Principles Terrestrial data structures representing the real world GIS Data Structures representing the world in a computer Data Quality An essential ingredient Part III: Practice Data Input: preparation, integration, and editing Data analysis and modeling Data output and application examples Part IV: The Future Future of GIS 34

35 Hands-on Projects Locating a Day-care intro to GIS capabilities illustration of a major application: site selection Texas Demographic growth manipulation of data and mapping principles another major application: analysis of spatial patterns with polygon data Geocoding Housing Sales, or Analyzing Earthquake Locations techniques and data requirements for geocoding and point patterns another application: geocoding/address matching Creating a Census Tract layer, or a Geological Map editing and creating topologically consistent data how new data layers can be created Pipeline Routing data selection, buffering and spatial analysis another major application: corridor studies 35

36 Next Week An Introduction to GIS Software 7:00 on Tuesday in GR or on Wednesday in GR If you have already got your UTD netid be sure to bring it and your password. Otherwise, we will get you set up when we meet. 36

37 Appendix GIS Software Packages 37

38 Software for GIS: The Main Players ESRI, Inc., Redlands, CA clear market leader with about a third of the market originated commercial GIS with their ArcInfo product in 1981 privately owned by Jack Dangermond, a legend in the field Strong in gov., education, utilities and business logistics MapInfo, Troy N.Y. Aggressive newcomer in early 1990s, but now well-established. Strong presence in business, especially site selection & marketing, and telecom Intergraph (Huntsville, AL) origins in proprietary CAD hardware/software Older UNIX-based MGE (Modular GIS Environment) evolved from CAD Current GeoMedia was the first true MS Windows-based GIS strong in design, public works, and FM (facilities management), but weakening Bentley Systems (Exton, PA) MicroStation GeoGraphics, originally developed with Intergraph, is now their exclusive and main product.. Strong in engineering; advertises itself as geoengineering Autodesk (San Rafael, CA) Began as PC-based CAD, but now the dominant CAD supplier First GIS product AutoCAD Map introduced in 1996 Primarily small business/small city customer base The main two pure GIS companies. 38

39 Vector GIS Smallworld Systems (Englewood, CO) Software for GIS: other players first to use OO (early 90s), but failed to compete as established vendors did same Purchased by GE in 2000 emphasis on FM & utilities Manifold (CDA International Corp): low cost, but low market share Maptitude (Caliper Corp, Newton, MA): another low cost one Raster GIS ERDAS/Imagine long established leader acquired by Leica Geosystems in 2001 ER MAPPER aggressive newcomer originating in Australia Envi, relative newcomer, radar specialization acquired by Kodak in 2000 PCI--Geomatica long-term Canadian player CARIS newer Canadian entry GRASS (Rutgers Univ.) Classic old-timer originally developed by US Army Construction Engineering Research Lab(CERL) in Champaign, IL; army ended dev. & support in 1996 but assumed by Baylor University. IDRSI (Clark Univ) pioneering, university-developed package 39

40 ESRI Product Line-up: ArcGIS client products (Fall 2007) ArcReader ( adobe acrobat for maps) & ArcExplorer (spatial data viewer) Free viewers for geographic data. ArcGIS 9.x Desktop: two primary modules (MS only) 1. ArcMap: for data display, map production, spatial analysis, data editing 2. ArcCatalog: for data management and preview ArcToolbox, for specialized data conversions and analyses, available as a window in both Available capabilities within these modules are tiered in three levels ArcView: viewing, map production, spatial analysis, basic editing: ArcEditor: ArcView, plus specialized editing: ArcInfo: ArcView & ArcEditor plus special analyses and conversions: Extensions: for special apps.: Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Geostatistics, Business Analyst, etc. ArcObjects: to build specialized capabilities within ArcMap or ArcCatalog using VB for Applications ArcGIS Workstation (for UNIX and MS) the old command line ArcInfo 7.1 ArcGIS Engine (MS NT/2000/XP) Set of embeddable GIS components (ArcObjects software objects) for use in building custom applications Runs under Windows, Unix and Linux, with support for Java, C++, COM and.net Replaces MapObjects which were based upon a previous generation of GIS objects Notes: ArcView 3.3 the only GUI option for UNIX. ArcGIS 8 released 2000 to integrate two previous standalone products: ArcView and ArcInfo ArcGIS 9 released 2004 providing the full capability that should have been in ArcGIS 8!!! --full support for all data types (coverages, shapefiles, geodatabases) --full support for all previous geoprocessing analyses --Modelbuilder for scripting and repetitive processing --ArcEngine for building custom applications 40

41 ESRI Product Line-up: ArcGIS server products (Fall 2007) ArcGIS Server: three tiers of capability Data services: ArcSDE (Spatial Database Engine) middleware to support spatial data storage in standard DBMS on server Supports all major industry databases: Oracle, SQL-Server, IBM DB2, Ingres Map services: ArcIMS (Internet Map Server) Provides maps and simple query to a user without a desktop GIS Accessed via web interface Analytic services: Permits the creation of server-based specialized GIS applications Provides full range of GIS capabilities to a user without a desktop GIS Accessed via web interface (prior to 9.2 these were sold as three separate products) ArcGIS On-line Services On-line services made available on the Internet with a subscription Normally charged on a per transaction basis, but can be flat fee built and operated by ESRI (or other others), usually based on ArcGIS Server 41

42 ESRI ArcGIS System c:\ ArcGIS Workstation Clients ArcInfo ArcEditor ArcView $ Consistent interface Increasing capability ArcExplorer Browser ArcMap ArcCatalog ArcToolbox ArcMap ArcCatalog ArcToolbox ArcMap ArcCatalog ArcToolbox ArcEngine/ ArcObjects Application Development & Customization ArcSDE Services Database storage/access ArcServer Services Full GIS analysis ArcIMS Services Map display & query ArcPad Handheld/Wireless Files (Personal Geodatabase, Shapefiles, Coverages, Grids, tins, etc) Databases Multi-user Geodatabases (in Oracle, SQL Server, IBM DBII, etc) Internet Source: ESRI with mods.

43 Future Generic GIS Internet Enterprise Browsers Applications Web Web Server Broker Source: Reza Wahadj, CSIG04, with mods. Dallas Delhi Durban Services ( built on.net, SOAP/XML, Jav a API) Databases 43