forest fortescue srjc 11/3/2011 gis and mapping in watershed management
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Forest FortescueSRJC 11/3/2011
GIS AND MAPPING IN WATERSHED
MANAGEMENT
Section 1: What is GIS?
Section 2: What are the
applications of GIS?
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS GIS: SOFTWARE PROGRAMS
WHAT IS GIS: WEB MAPPING
- Aerial/Road Maps
- Terrain View- Street View- Some 45° Aerial
Imagery- Native KML
Support- http://maps.google.com
- Aerial/Road Maps
- Lots of 45° (“Birds Eye”) Aerial Imagery
- http://www.bing.com/maps
Other Tools- ArcGIS Online
- Import GIS files
- http://www.arcgis.com
- OpenStreetMap- Community
driven mapping project
- http://www.openstreetmap.org
WHAT IS GIS? MASHUPS/COMBINATIONS
Displaying GPS Points in Google Earth
DEMO
USES FOR MAPPING
USES: GEOCODING
Geocoding points using BatchGeo
GEOCODING DEMO(WWW.BATCHGEO.COM)
USES: AREA AND DISTANCE
Using Google Planimeter to measure Area and Google Maps to measure distances
AREA AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT
DEMOWWW.ACME.COM/PLANIMETER
MAPS.GOOGLE.COM
USES: GEOREFERENCING
Georeferencing an 1877 historical map of Santa Rosa onto Google Earth
GEOREFERENCING DEMO
(WWW.GEOREFERENCER.ORG)
I’m here to help! [email protected] (sorry!)
Many useful resources online… The Art of the Google Search
PDF of Google Maps Handout available on the website
CONCLUSIONS & RESOURCES