1. Geospatial Data Introduction
Outline:- on-ground/in-situ, airborne, and satellite data acquisition
- coordinate reference systems
- geospatial data models and formats
- getting started with open source GRASS
Lecture
- Lecture slides: Geospatial Data Acquisition, use arrow keys to forward the slides
- Introduction to GRASS: overview of the open source software principles and GRASS used in the Assignments
- Coordinate referenced systems
- Coordinate systems and EPSG codes, also available at Spatial Reference
- New NA datum in 2022
- Map projections,
- Open source geospatial software
- Intro to Geoprocessing with GRASS
- Offical GRASS Tutorials
- Petras, V., Mitasova, H., and Petrasova, A. (2021). Open Source Software Development. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge (2nd Quarter 2021 Edition), John P. Wilson (ed.). DOI: 10.22224/gistbok/2021.2.4
- Introduction to GRASS by Brendan Harmon
- Original lecture material: Lecture Slides and videos: Mapping and Georeferencing
Assignment: Explore the provided North Carolina data set
Prepare a short paper describing general properties of the provided NC data set (coordinate system, resolutions, spatial extents, etc.). Document the properties with the output and images created following the assignment instructions and include answers to questions (highlighted in red).
- Approachs:
- Track 1 - GUI
- Track 2 - Jupyter Notebook
- See also Assignment paper instructions and Comments/answers to HW questions