Obtaining data for GISystems is an expensive and typically complex task. Standards need to be defined (e.g., data quality, data validation, minimum mapping units), processes identified, and more, all operating within the mandate of the agency collecting the data, or requesting the data. One of the more important data collection frameworks involves the use of remote sensing. In this lecture I will briefly review some of the overall elements of data collection, and then more specifically review remote sensing.<\/p>\n
Remote sensing was commercialized long before GIS became a mainstream technology, but it took over 30 years\u2013when the two technologies joined forces\u2013before remote sensing truly took off. GISystems require volumes of data, and data quickly becomes out-of-date. Thus, remote sensing has provided to GIS a means of acquiring up-to-date data for large geographic regions at relatively low cost (and GIS has provided the incentive to acquire up-to-date imagery). In particular, when working in fields such as resource management, regional planning, oceanography, disaster management and, increasingly, urban development, you will find that remotely sensed data is a \u2018core\u2019 dataset. Thus, a GIS analyst should have a fundamental understanding of remote sensing, given the synergies possible between the two fields.<\/p>\n
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Text<\/strong>: Chapter 8: Data Collection<\/a> in our main text, GI Science & Systems<\/em>.<\/p>\n Slides from the lecture are on Canvas.<\/p>\n Alternative text:<\/strong> Nothing specific to the topic.<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n An Introduction to Remote Sensing<\/a> from PhysicalGeography.net provides a brief overview.<\/p>\n American Museum of Natural History: Biodiversity Informatics<\/a> - The AMNH site has some very insightful interactive tools<\/a> and overall discussions on the use of remote sensing (especially for land classification) and we recommend you review its content. Some examples of GIS data collection standards: BC GPS data collection guidelines<\/a>; RISC home page<\/a>.<\/p>\n There are many sites that offer tutorials on the subject of remote sensing. Some of the main ones include:<\/p>\n There are many sites that allow you to view \/ download satellite data: Some resources provided by ESRI:<\/p>\n There are an ever-growing number of satellites collecting data that can be used in a GIS environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n List of some Earth Observation Satellites<\/a> - A wiki listing of many of the earth-orbiting satellites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n EMR, Spectral signatures, active \/ passive sensors, benefits (subpolygon info, cross boundary info, timely, etc.), NDVI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Obtaining data for GISystems is an expensive and typically complex task. Standards need to be defined (e.g., data quality, data validation, minimum mapping units), processes identified, and more, all operating within the mandate of the agency collecting the data, or requesting the data. One of the more important data collection frameworks involves the use of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18620,"featured_media":0,"parent":73,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-189","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/advancedgis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/advancedgis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/advancedgis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/advancedgis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/advancedgis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/advancedgis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5060,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/advancedgis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189\/revisions\/5060"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/advancedgis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/advancedgis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Readings<\/a><\/h3>
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