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Intro To Neogeography
Intro To Neogeography
Intro To Neogeography
WhatisNeogeography?
DataTypes
Vector
Raster
DataTypesII
Vector
Raster
PopQuizWhatisit?
CommonFormats
Vector(layers)
Raster(bands)
shp,shx,dbf, (prj,xml,sbx...)
geojson postgis
Projections
ProjectedCoordinateSystem
Projection CoordinateSystem
Datum
WKT,Proj,EPSG
EPSG4326
ImportantProjections
EPSG3875,900913
EPSG3310
EPSG2226
GettingStartedDataExploration
DataSources
Yoursmartphone,GPS,orgeotaggedPhotos
ToolsCommandLine
GDAL/OGRhttp://gdal.org
gdalinfo,ogrinfo+formats
GPSBabel etc...
ToolsGUI
QGIS(QuantumGIS) http://qgis.org
Cartography
Title
MapElements
Doestheenduserknowwhatthemapisaboutwithout havingtoaskyou? Isitclearwhat'sonthemap? Usefulness,canyoueyeballdistancesbasedonthescale. Bigenoughtofindwhenyouneedit,smallenoughyou canignorewhenyou'renotlookingforit.
Legend
Scale
NorthArrow
KISSkeepitshortandsimple
VisualHierarchy
Bigger roads are bigger and bolder than smaller roads, etc. But it's really about making what's important stand out.
OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA
WebServices
Web
Tiling
APIs
JSaddons
HTML5canvas
Tonsofchoices
http://maps.ice.ucdavis.edu/compareamap/
Frameworks
Tilesforspeed
Combineitall
e.g.Geonode
Openlayers+Ext(GeoExt)+Django+Postgis+ Geoserver+Geowebcache+Geonetwork
http://maps.ice.ucdavis.edu/
Takingthetoolsforaspin
Wheretostart?TryOSGeoLivehttp://live.osgeo.org
Online,possiblyusefultools
Links,linksandmorelinks