{"id":1852,"date":"2024-01-26T23:22:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T04:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2024-01-26T23:22:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T04:22:27","slug":"shaw-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/2024\/01\/26\/shaw-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaw Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shaw Week\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GIS is an acronym for Geographic information systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GIS has grown immensely since the creation of it, spatial scientists realized its potential and now helps analyze most world issues\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While spatial analysis has made great strides in advancement and accessibility learning the basics is still required to get a grasp on how to use tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GIS analysis is a way of looking at data and geographical patterns and finding relationships between them.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Starting each analysis by doing something as simple as forming a question and finding an area where you want to explore.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Types of features in GIS<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discrete Features: locations and lines, the actual location can be pinpointed\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Continuous phenomena: entire area between boundaries, no differences in soil, land,vegetation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Geographic features can be represented in GIS using two models of the world vector and raster<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vector: Each feature is a row in table, and feature shapes defined by x, and y locations in space.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Raster : features are represented as a matrix of cells in continuous space, each layer represents one attribute.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Map projections and coordinate systems are all the data layers being used should be the same in map projection and coordinate systems.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mapping is used to see what, or where an individual feature is.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This can help show an individual where they need to take action\/ what areas meet your criteria you are looking for<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This map allows wildlife officers to track the behavior of bears and assign officers to spots of need.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are many features for different layers.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each feature on the map needs a location in geographic coordinates\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The GIS stores the coordinates that are saved and draws the features.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Using a subset of features allows you or the user to narrow down the the category value to something more specific or even make the range more broad<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mapping features by category can provide understanding on how a place functions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When showing categories on a map you want to only go up to 7 because most people can distinguish up to 7 categories on a map.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In smaller areas that are being mapped, individual features are easier to distinguish, so more categories will also be easier to distinguish<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 3\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People map where the most and least are to find places that meet their criteria and take action, or to see the relationships between places.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To map the most and least you map features based on a quantity associated with each<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adds an additional level of info beyond mapping the locations of features<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To map the most and least you assign symbols to features based on an attribute that contains a quantity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ratios show you the relationships between two quantities, and are created by dividing one quantity by another, for each feature.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proportions show you what part of a whole each quantity represents.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To calculate a proportion, you divide quantities that use the same measure.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Densities show you where features are concentrated.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To calculate density, you divide a value by the area\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ranks put features in order, from high to low.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ranks are useful when direct measures are difficult or if the quantity represents a combination of factors<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaw Week\u00a0 Chapter 1 &nbsp; GIS is an acronym for Geographic information systems GIS has grown immensely since the creation of it, spatial scientists realized its potential and now helps analyze most world issues\u00a0 While spatial analysis has made great strides in advancement and accessibility learning the basics is still required to get a grasp on how to use tools GIS analysis is a way of looking at data and geographical patterns and finding relationships between them.\u00a0 Starting each analysis by doing something as simple as forming a question and finding an area where you want to explore. Types of features in GIS Discrete Features: locations and lines, the actual location can be pinpointed\u00a0 Continuous phenomena: entire area between boundaries, no differences in soil, land,vegetation. Geographic features can be represented in GIS using two models of the world vector and raster Vector: Each feature is a row in table, and feature shapes defined by x, and y locations in space. Raster : features are represented as a matrix of cells in continuous space, each layer represents one attribute. &nbsp; Map projections and coordinate systems are all the data layers being used should be the same in map projection and coordinate systems.\u00a0 &nbsp; Chapter 2\u00a0 Mapping is used to see what, or where an individual feature is. This can help show an individual where they need to take action\/ what areas meet your criteria you are looking for This map allows wildlife officers to track the behavior of bears and assign officers to spots of need. There are many features for different layers. Each feature on the map needs a location in geographic coordinates\u00a0 The GIS stores the coordinates that are saved and draws the features. Using a subset of features allows you or the user to narrow down the the category value to something more specific or even make the range more broad Mapping features by category can provide understanding on how a place functions When showing categories on a map you want to only go up to 7 because most people can distinguish up to 7 categories on a map.\u00a0 In smaller areas that are being mapped, individual features are easier to distinguish, so more categories will also be easier to distinguish Chapter 3\u00a0 People map where the most and least are to find places that meet their criteria and take action, or to see the relationships between places.\u00a0 To map the most and least you map features based on a quantity associated with each Adds an additional level of info beyond mapping the locations of features To map the most and least you assign symbols to features based on an attribute that contains a quantity. Ratios show you the relationships between two quantities, and are created by dividing one quantity by another, for each feature.\u00a0 Proportions show you what part of a whole each quantity represents.\u00a0 To calculate a proportion, you divide quantities that use the same measure.\u00a0 Densities show you where features are concentrated. To calculate density, you divide a value by the area\u00a0 Ranks put features in order, from high to low.\u00a0 Ranks are useful when direct measures are difficult or if the quantity represents a combination of factors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2241,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-course-student-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1853,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852\/revisions\/1853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/geog-291\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}