Avenza® and Mapping Programs
Ricky Satomi UC Cooperative Extension Forestry & NR Advisor Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou Common Spatial Formats
Name File Suffix English Access • Simple table format Comma Open .csv • Data separated by commas Source separated value • Point data only Keyhole markup .kml • Simple x, y coordinates Google language .kmz (compressed) • EPSG:4326 (WGS 84) by default .cpg, .dbf, .prj, .sbn, • Batch of files containing spatial ESRI, Shapefile .sbx, .shp, .shx, .txt information GDAL .zip (compressed) • File .gdb Replaces shapefile ESRI, • Multiple shapefiles in a single geodatabase .gdbtable, .gdbtablx, .gdbindexs, GDAL .freelist, .atx, .spx (uncompressed) folder (read-only) GPS Exchange Open .GPX • Common found in hand-held units Format Source Common Spatial Formats
Name File Suffix English Access • Simple table format Comma Open .csv • Data separated by commas Source separated value • Point data only Keyhole markup .kml • Simple x, y coordinates Google language .kmz (compressed) • EPSG:4326 (WGS 84) by default .cpg, .dbf, .prj, .sbn, • Batch of files containing spatial ESRI, Shapefile .sbx, .shp, .shx, .txt information GDAL .zip (compressed) • File .gdb Replaces shapefile ESRI, • Multiple shapefiles in a single geodatabase .gdbtable, .gdbtablx, .gdbindexs, GDAL .freelist, .atx, .spx (uncompressed) folder (read-only) GPS Exchange Open .GPX • Common found in hand-held units Format Source More Acronyms!
The 90s
GDAL (Raster) / OGR (Vector)
GDAL OGR
Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) OpenGIS Simple Features Reference Implementation (OGR) International Association of Oil & Gas Producers Database
https://www.r-spatial.org/2016/11/29/openeo.html Mapping Programs (Table 1 of 3)
Software GRASS QGIS ESRI ArcGIS GeoDa uDig* gvSIG ENVI Idrisi 16 SAGA MapInfo JUMP Generalitat Geographic Valenciana, System for Resources Mapinfo Quantum Sistema Taiga Automated Full Name Analysis uDig JGrass DivaGIS Professiona GIS d'Informaci Edition GeoScientif Support l ó ic Analysis System Geogràfica Cost Free Free Proprietary Free Free Free Free Free Proprietary Proprietary Free Proprietary Free GUI, interactive Raster exploratory Analyze Complete Analysis Full Analysis, spatial data Viewing and Image and Editing & Role in Full GUI- Full GUI- Full GUI- based on replacing remote- modelling, Full GUI- analysis (OGC document raster Data Workflow based GIS based GIS based GIS GRASS + 3D ArcView sensing visualisatio based GIS and basic standards) potato processing conflation visualizatio system n spatial genotypes package n regression modeling Spatial Spatial Extensive analysis GRASS- analysis for data and Graphical polygon Application (focus on Focus creation, scientific User data; Framework raster) editing and visualizatio Interface supplemen analysis n ts GIS ECW, MrSID, ECW, ECW, JPEG,jpg, MrSID, Tiff, GDal MrSID, GDAL jp2, TIF, Yes JPEG,jpg, supported, JPEG,jpg, supported GDAL ESRI Yes (1.1.0 is Yes GDAL jpg, tif, Supported geoTIFF, (through jp2, TIF, ECW, IMG, jp2, TIF, formats, supported shapefile, limited to (Through supported geoTIFF, Data Types PNG, GIF, GRASS and geoTIFF, Grass, geoTIFF, voxel Formats ASCII memory) Geotools) Formats png, ecw(p) img, bmp, Geotools) PNG, GIF, ERMapper, PNG, GIF, support cib,ers,img, img, bmp, Envi, img, bmp, raw,Grid,RS jpeg2000 jpeg2000 T,MrSID Operating Windows, Windows, Windows Windows, Windows, Windows, Windows Windows, Windows & Windows Windows, Windows, Windows System Linux, Mac Linux, Mac only Linux, Mac Linux, Mac Linux, Mac only Linux, Mac Mac only Linux, Mac Linux, Mac Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nNEtjWBROepTzGgTjZ8PslWyv7z_QqzgF1uRSm-0at0 Tools of the Trade
Arc/INFO 1982 2010 ArcView 3.x 1992 2000 ArcMap ArcGIS 8.1 “ArcMAP” 1999 2000 2000 Present ArcGIS Pro 2019
Alpha Release Ver 1.0 Ver 2.0 Ver 3.0 2002 2008 2013 2018 Spot the Difference
ArcMap 10+
QGIS
ArcGIS Pro ArcMap || ArcGIS Pro || QGIS Graphical User Interface
Tool Ribbon Tool Ribbon
Pane Map View
Tool Ribbon Pane Map View
Pane Map View ArcMap || ArcGIS Pro || QGIS Adding Data ArcMap || ArcGIS Pro || QGIS Tab Views ArcMap || ArcGIS Pro || QGIS Tab Views ArcMap || ArcGIS Pro || QGIS Tab Views ArcMap || ArcGIS Pro || QGIS Geoprocessing ArcMap || ArcGIS Pro || QGIS Geoprocessing ArcMap || ArcGIS Pro || QGIS Geoprocessing Software Comparison
ArcGIS Pro QGIS ✗ Requires additional plug-ins to ✓ Powerful out of the box tools maximize functionality ✗ Requires set-up for offline use ✓ Works Offline ✗ Requires set-up before working ✓ Lightweight program easy to with data dive into quickly ✗ Uses proprietary data formats ✓ Defaults to open source formats ✓ Massive library of map ✗ Inconsistent availability of resources and support technical support
✗ $$ to $$$ ✓ FREE
My winner: Python for repetitive tasks | ArcGIS for heavy lifting | QGIS for quick review What to do When Stuck
User Manuals • QGIS docs.qgis.org • ESRI pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help
That young guy/gal in the office
Help Forums • All gis.stackexchange.com/ • ESRI community.esri.com/ Data Acquisition
Contour/Elevation https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/ Stream Data https://apps.wildlife.ca.gov/bios/?al=Hydrography:4 Satellite Imagery https://nrcs.box.com/v/naip Projection https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID Guidance =109326 Kitchen Sink https://geodata.lib.berkeley.edu/ GPS Hardware
GLONASS + GPS + Gallileo
https://www.fs.fed.us/database/gps/mtdcrept/accuracy/index.htm Helpful Avenza® Features
1. Quick Response Code 2. Navigation Map QR Code Safety: 3. Point Averaging DO NOT SCAN 4. Multi-platform support unknown codes.