online mapping & gis
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A presentation delivered at the September 2008 Logger Training & Education conference, Minneapolis MN.TRANSCRIPT
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Online Mapping & GIS
Eli SagorUniversity of Minnesota Extension, St Paul
John GeisslerBoulder Lake ELC, Duluth
2008 LOGGER TRAINING & EDUCATION CONFERENCE
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What we’ll cover
Goals and parameters
Finding planning tools online
Creating custom maps
Landview: more powerful app
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Background
GPS curriculum ~2003
Focus on innovation
Loggers, foresters, and landowners
Hands-on for all skill levels
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About digital mapping
Geographic information systems (GIS)
TechnicalExpensive
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About digital mapping
Free, user-friendlyoptions
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Type place name, zip, coordinates, etc to search and view
Save and access your previous places here
Turn data layers on or off by selecting boxes
Email, print, or view data in Google Maps
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GMaps tools & instructions
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When to use each tool?When to use each tool?
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Go for it!Go for it!
Live demoLive demo
Please add at least one line, placemark, and
polygon to your map.
Please add at least one line, placemark, and
polygon to your map.
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Sample map 2 (Witkowski)
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What will you NOT put on your
map?
What will you NOT put on your
map?
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Assignments:Group 1: Lat / long coordinates for Itasca State Park
Group 2: Elevation difference between the peak of Eagle Mountain and Lake Superior
Group 3: A Cloquet Forestry Center timber harvest site
Group 4: The Grand Rapids DNR Regional Office
Group 5: A gas station near St. Hilaire, MN
Group 6: Rajala’s Deer River mill
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Landview for Loggers, Foresters, and Landowners
Putting state-wide aerial photos, mapping and other geographic information at your fingertipsPutting state-wide aerial photos, mapping and other geographic information at your fingertips
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Workshop Objectives
Use Landview to:
Browse spatial data
Create simple line and polygon shapefiles
Create, view, and print maps
Download and upload data to a Garmin GPS
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Section 1 Moving Around Landview
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Tools to Move Around the “Display Window”
Zoom In
Zoom Out Pan
Move the Current Location
Zoom to State (Minnesota)
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Exercise 1Use Landview to find and zoom in on the forest
around Thomson Dam, Carlton County
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Section 2 Overlays and Background Maps
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Where does the data come from?
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Exercise 2You are given the following Lat/Long coordinates for a logging landing. Create the
below map using the landing as your current location.
Lat= 46° 42.278’
Long = 92° 31.870’Overlays Turned OnPLS Township (Symbol – Yellow solid line
width = 6 )
Background MapQuad Map
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Section 3 Measuring Distance/Area and Creating Shapefiles
0.42 miles
44 acres
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Measure Distance Measure Area
Tools to Measure Distance/Area
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Supplemental Exercises
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Section 4 Adding Text & Printing Maps
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Section 5 Transferring data to/from GPS
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Key points: review
Focus on innovation
Loggers, foresters, and landowners
Hands-on for all skill levels
Continuous improvement