Introduction to GIS for Urban Studies Keshav M., GIS & Map Librarian | Librarian for Geography Mehdi Aminipouri, Graduate Peer GIS Facilitator Compass by SPJDR from the Noun Project
Introduction to GIS for Urban Studies
Keshav M GIS amp Map Librarian | Librarian for Geography Mehdi Aminipouri Graduate Peer GIS Facilitator
Compass by SPJDR from the Noun Project
GIS = Geographic Information SystemA GIS lets us visualize databoth geographically and thematically the where and the what simultaneously
This data is ldquogeospatialrdquo because it is linked to a geographic spatial location
Kernel density map of pedestrian hotspots in Vancouver 2000-2006 In Schuurman N Cinnamon J Crooks V A amp Hameed S M (2009) Pedestrian injury and the built environment an environmental scan of hotspots BMC public health 9(1) httpdxdoi1011861471-2458-9-233
Which table contains geospatial dataID Perimeter Area1 45 202 22 193 39 1954 40 1975
ID Neighbourhood Area1 Strathcona 202 West End 193 Renfrew-Collingwood 1954 Grandview-Woodland 1975
ldquoA geographic information system hellip allows the user to explore spatial relationships within and between datasets It generally consists of four basic parts These are the data itself the software used to explore the spatial relationships the hardware used to run the software and store the data and the usersrdquo
MacLeod C D (2015) GIS for biologists a practical introduction for undergraduates Glasgow UK Pictish Beast Publications
GIS = Geographic Information System
data software
users hardware
spreadsheet by heathersabrina Map by Delwar Hossain people by TS Graphics Computer by Ralf Schmitzer from the Noun Project
A GIS map is built up with layers attached to geographic locations and defined by visual symbols
By adding layers we can see relationships between different physical features
GIS lets us analyze data to find patterns and trends that might not be observable otherwise
Image ldquoGeographic Information Systems for Today and Beyondrdquo section 13 in Geographic Information System Basics (v 10)
GIS = Geographic Information System
The location of a physical feature on a map layer is built up using
GIS = Geographic Information System
Points a coordinate pair (x y)
Line segments connect two coordinate pairs and repeat
Polygons a closed shape with line segments as edges
ArcGIS (ArcMap Pro Online) Industry standard only for WindowsQGIS Open source desktop software for Windows Mac LinuxGoogle Earth Pro Free visualization software allows import of geospatial data
Some common GIS software packageslibsfuca1 2
3
GIS in urban studies research
GIS in urban studies research
Searching for geospatial data
magnifying glass by Jetro Cabau Quiroacutes from the Noun Project
But before you start searching ask yourself
WhoWhatWhereWhenHow
W4H
Who would want to collect andor create the data
bull Think about municipalities government agencies NGOs IGOs educational institutions etc
bull If yoursquore not sure look at articles reports and maps in the topic area to see if datasets or other types of information are being cited
Who
W4H
W4H
WhatWhat type of file are you hoping to find (Be prepared to be flexible)
bull What do you ideally want the file to show
bull Common geospatial data file types shp ndash Esri shape file formatkml ndash Google Earth geographic data format (also kmz)tif ndash annotated TIFF raster filesgpx ndash GPS Exchange data format
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
GIS = Geographic Information SystemA GIS lets us visualize databoth geographically and thematically the where and the what simultaneously
This data is ldquogeospatialrdquo because it is linked to a geographic spatial location
Kernel density map of pedestrian hotspots in Vancouver 2000-2006 In Schuurman N Cinnamon J Crooks V A amp Hameed S M (2009) Pedestrian injury and the built environment an environmental scan of hotspots BMC public health 9(1) httpdxdoi1011861471-2458-9-233
Which table contains geospatial dataID Perimeter Area1 45 202 22 193 39 1954 40 1975
ID Neighbourhood Area1 Strathcona 202 West End 193 Renfrew-Collingwood 1954 Grandview-Woodland 1975
ldquoA geographic information system hellip allows the user to explore spatial relationships within and between datasets It generally consists of four basic parts These are the data itself the software used to explore the spatial relationships the hardware used to run the software and store the data and the usersrdquo
MacLeod C D (2015) GIS for biologists a practical introduction for undergraduates Glasgow UK Pictish Beast Publications
GIS = Geographic Information System
data software
users hardware
spreadsheet by heathersabrina Map by Delwar Hossain people by TS Graphics Computer by Ralf Schmitzer from the Noun Project
A GIS map is built up with layers attached to geographic locations and defined by visual symbols
By adding layers we can see relationships between different physical features
GIS lets us analyze data to find patterns and trends that might not be observable otherwise
Image ldquoGeographic Information Systems for Today and Beyondrdquo section 13 in Geographic Information System Basics (v 10)
GIS = Geographic Information System
The location of a physical feature on a map layer is built up using
GIS = Geographic Information System
Points a coordinate pair (x y)
Line segments connect two coordinate pairs and repeat
Polygons a closed shape with line segments as edges
ArcGIS (ArcMap Pro Online) Industry standard only for WindowsQGIS Open source desktop software for Windows Mac LinuxGoogle Earth Pro Free visualization software allows import of geospatial data
Some common GIS software packageslibsfuca1 2
3
GIS in urban studies research
GIS in urban studies research
Searching for geospatial data
magnifying glass by Jetro Cabau Quiroacutes from the Noun Project
But before you start searching ask yourself
WhoWhatWhereWhenHow
W4H
Who would want to collect andor create the data
bull Think about municipalities government agencies NGOs IGOs educational institutions etc
bull If yoursquore not sure look at articles reports and maps in the topic area to see if datasets or other types of information are being cited
Who
W4H
W4H
WhatWhat type of file are you hoping to find (Be prepared to be flexible)
bull What do you ideally want the file to show
bull Common geospatial data file types shp ndash Esri shape file formatkml ndash Google Earth geographic data format (also kmz)tif ndash annotated TIFF raster filesgpx ndash GPS Exchange data format
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Which table contains geospatial dataID Perimeter Area1 45 202 22 193 39 1954 40 1975
ID Neighbourhood Area1 Strathcona 202 West End 193 Renfrew-Collingwood 1954 Grandview-Woodland 1975
ldquoA geographic information system hellip allows the user to explore spatial relationships within and between datasets It generally consists of four basic parts These are the data itself the software used to explore the spatial relationships the hardware used to run the software and store the data and the usersrdquo
MacLeod C D (2015) GIS for biologists a practical introduction for undergraduates Glasgow UK Pictish Beast Publications
GIS = Geographic Information System
data software
users hardware
spreadsheet by heathersabrina Map by Delwar Hossain people by TS Graphics Computer by Ralf Schmitzer from the Noun Project
A GIS map is built up with layers attached to geographic locations and defined by visual symbols
By adding layers we can see relationships between different physical features
GIS lets us analyze data to find patterns and trends that might not be observable otherwise
Image ldquoGeographic Information Systems for Today and Beyondrdquo section 13 in Geographic Information System Basics (v 10)
GIS = Geographic Information System
The location of a physical feature on a map layer is built up using
GIS = Geographic Information System
Points a coordinate pair (x y)
Line segments connect two coordinate pairs and repeat
Polygons a closed shape with line segments as edges
ArcGIS (ArcMap Pro Online) Industry standard only for WindowsQGIS Open source desktop software for Windows Mac LinuxGoogle Earth Pro Free visualization software allows import of geospatial data
Some common GIS software packageslibsfuca1 2
3
GIS in urban studies research
GIS in urban studies research
Searching for geospatial data
magnifying glass by Jetro Cabau Quiroacutes from the Noun Project
But before you start searching ask yourself
WhoWhatWhereWhenHow
W4H
Who would want to collect andor create the data
bull Think about municipalities government agencies NGOs IGOs educational institutions etc
bull If yoursquore not sure look at articles reports and maps in the topic area to see if datasets or other types of information are being cited
Who
W4H
W4H
WhatWhat type of file are you hoping to find (Be prepared to be flexible)
bull What do you ideally want the file to show
bull Common geospatial data file types shp ndash Esri shape file formatkml ndash Google Earth geographic data format (also kmz)tif ndash annotated TIFF raster filesgpx ndash GPS Exchange data format
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
ldquoA geographic information system hellip allows the user to explore spatial relationships within and between datasets It generally consists of four basic parts These are the data itself the software used to explore the spatial relationships the hardware used to run the software and store the data and the usersrdquo
MacLeod C D (2015) GIS for biologists a practical introduction for undergraduates Glasgow UK Pictish Beast Publications
GIS = Geographic Information System
data software
users hardware
spreadsheet by heathersabrina Map by Delwar Hossain people by TS Graphics Computer by Ralf Schmitzer from the Noun Project
A GIS map is built up with layers attached to geographic locations and defined by visual symbols
By adding layers we can see relationships between different physical features
GIS lets us analyze data to find patterns and trends that might not be observable otherwise
Image ldquoGeographic Information Systems for Today and Beyondrdquo section 13 in Geographic Information System Basics (v 10)
GIS = Geographic Information System
The location of a physical feature on a map layer is built up using
GIS = Geographic Information System
Points a coordinate pair (x y)
Line segments connect two coordinate pairs and repeat
Polygons a closed shape with line segments as edges
ArcGIS (ArcMap Pro Online) Industry standard only for WindowsQGIS Open source desktop software for Windows Mac LinuxGoogle Earth Pro Free visualization software allows import of geospatial data
Some common GIS software packageslibsfuca1 2
3
GIS in urban studies research
GIS in urban studies research
Searching for geospatial data
magnifying glass by Jetro Cabau Quiroacutes from the Noun Project
But before you start searching ask yourself
WhoWhatWhereWhenHow
W4H
Who would want to collect andor create the data
bull Think about municipalities government agencies NGOs IGOs educational institutions etc
bull If yoursquore not sure look at articles reports and maps in the topic area to see if datasets or other types of information are being cited
Who
W4H
W4H
WhatWhat type of file are you hoping to find (Be prepared to be flexible)
bull What do you ideally want the file to show
bull Common geospatial data file types shp ndash Esri shape file formatkml ndash Google Earth geographic data format (also kmz)tif ndash annotated TIFF raster filesgpx ndash GPS Exchange data format
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
A GIS map is built up with layers attached to geographic locations and defined by visual symbols
By adding layers we can see relationships between different physical features
GIS lets us analyze data to find patterns and trends that might not be observable otherwise
Image ldquoGeographic Information Systems for Today and Beyondrdquo section 13 in Geographic Information System Basics (v 10)
GIS = Geographic Information System
The location of a physical feature on a map layer is built up using
GIS = Geographic Information System
Points a coordinate pair (x y)
Line segments connect two coordinate pairs and repeat
Polygons a closed shape with line segments as edges
ArcGIS (ArcMap Pro Online) Industry standard only for WindowsQGIS Open source desktop software for Windows Mac LinuxGoogle Earth Pro Free visualization software allows import of geospatial data
Some common GIS software packageslibsfuca1 2
3
GIS in urban studies research
GIS in urban studies research
Searching for geospatial data
magnifying glass by Jetro Cabau Quiroacutes from the Noun Project
But before you start searching ask yourself
WhoWhatWhereWhenHow
W4H
Who would want to collect andor create the data
bull Think about municipalities government agencies NGOs IGOs educational institutions etc
bull If yoursquore not sure look at articles reports and maps in the topic area to see if datasets or other types of information are being cited
Who
W4H
W4H
WhatWhat type of file are you hoping to find (Be prepared to be flexible)
bull What do you ideally want the file to show
bull Common geospatial data file types shp ndash Esri shape file formatkml ndash Google Earth geographic data format (also kmz)tif ndash annotated TIFF raster filesgpx ndash GPS Exchange data format
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
The location of a physical feature on a map layer is built up using
GIS = Geographic Information System
Points a coordinate pair (x y)
Line segments connect two coordinate pairs and repeat
Polygons a closed shape with line segments as edges
ArcGIS (ArcMap Pro Online) Industry standard only for WindowsQGIS Open source desktop software for Windows Mac LinuxGoogle Earth Pro Free visualization software allows import of geospatial data
Some common GIS software packageslibsfuca1 2
3
GIS in urban studies research
GIS in urban studies research
Searching for geospatial data
magnifying glass by Jetro Cabau Quiroacutes from the Noun Project
But before you start searching ask yourself
WhoWhatWhereWhenHow
W4H
Who would want to collect andor create the data
bull Think about municipalities government agencies NGOs IGOs educational institutions etc
bull If yoursquore not sure look at articles reports and maps in the topic area to see if datasets or other types of information are being cited
Who
W4H
W4H
WhatWhat type of file are you hoping to find (Be prepared to be flexible)
bull What do you ideally want the file to show
bull Common geospatial data file types shp ndash Esri shape file formatkml ndash Google Earth geographic data format (also kmz)tif ndash annotated TIFF raster filesgpx ndash GPS Exchange data format
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
ArcGIS (ArcMap Pro Online) Industry standard only for WindowsQGIS Open source desktop software for Windows Mac LinuxGoogle Earth Pro Free visualization software allows import of geospatial data
Some common GIS software packageslibsfuca1 2
3
GIS in urban studies research
GIS in urban studies research
Searching for geospatial data
magnifying glass by Jetro Cabau Quiroacutes from the Noun Project
But before you start searching ask yourself
WhoWhatWhereWhenHow
W4H
Who would want to collect andor create the data
bull Think about municipalities government agencies NGOs IGOs educational institutions etc
bull If yoursquore not sure look at articles reports and maps in the topic area to see if datasets or other types of information are being cited
Who
W4H
W4H
WhatWhat type of file are you hoping to find (Be prepared to be flexible)
bull What do you ideally want the file to show
bull Common geospatial data file types shp ndash Esri shape file formatkml ndash Google Earth geographic data format (also kmz)tif ndash annotated TIFF raster filesgpx ndash GPS Exchange data format
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
GIS in urban studies research
GIS in urban studies research
Searching for geospatial data
magnifying glass by Jetro Cabau Quiroacutes from the Noun Project
But before you start searching ask yourself
WhoWhatWhereWhenHow
W4H
Who would want to collect andor create the data
bull Think about municipalities government agencies NGOs IGOs educational institutions etc
bull If yoursquore not sure look at articles reports and maps in the topic area to see if datasets or other types of information are being cited
Who
W4H
W4H
WhatWhat type of file are you hoping to find (Be prepared to be flexible)
bull What do you ideally want the file to show
bull Common geospatial data file types shp ndash Esri shape file formatkml ndash Google Earth geographic data format (also kmz)tif ndash annotated TIFF raster filesgpx ndash GPS Exchange data format
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
GIS in urban studies research
Searching for geospatial data
magnifying glass by Jetro Cabau Quiroacutes from the Noun Project
But before you start searching ask yourself
WhoWhatWhereWhenHow
W4H
Who would want to collect andor create the data
bull Think about municipalities government agencies NGOs IGOs educational institutions etc
bull If yoursquore not sure look at articles reports and maps in the topic area to see if datasets or other types of information are being cited
Who
W4H
W4H
WhatWhat type of file are you hoping to find (Be prepared to be flexible)
bull What do you ideally want the file to show
bull Common geospatial data file types shp ndash Esri shape file formatkml ndash Google Earth geographic data format (also kmz)tif ndash annotated TIFF raster filesgpx ndash GPS Exchange data format
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Searching for geospatial data
magnifying glass by Jetro Cabau Quiroacutes from the Noun Project
But before you start searching ask yourself
WhoWhatWhereWhenHow
W4H
Who would want to collect andor create the data
bull Think about municipalities government agencies NGOs IGOs educational institutions etc
bull If yoursquore not sure look at articles reports and maps in the topic area to see if datasets or other types of information are being cited
Who
W4H
W4H
WhatWhat type of file are you hoping to find (Be prepared to be flexible)
bull What do you ideally want the file to show
bull Common geospatial data file types shp ndash Esri shape file formatkml ndash Google Earth geographic data format (also kmz)tif ndash annotated TIFF raster filesgpx ndash GPS Exchange data format
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Who would want to collect andor create the data
bull Think about municipalities government agencies NGOs IGOs educational institutions etc
bull If yoursquore not sure look at articles reports and maps in the topic area to see if datasets or other types of information are being cited
Who
W4H
W4H
WhatWhat type of file are you hoping to find (Be prepared to be flexible)
bull What do you ideally want the file to show
bull Common geospatial data file types shp ndash Esri shape file formatkml ndash Google Earth geographic data format (also kmz)tif ndash annotated TIFF raster filesgpx ndash GPS Exchange data format
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
W4H
WhatWhat type of file are you hoping to find (Be prepared to be flexible)
bull What do you ideally want the file to show
bull Common geospatial data file types shp ndash Esri shape file formatkml ndash Google Earth geographic data format (also kmz)tif ndash annotated TIFF raster filesgpx ndash GPS Exchange data format
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
W4H
WhereWhere do you need the data for (what region)
bull What geographic areas are available
bull What other geographic areas might work (ie data at the provincial level to get at a city in BC)
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
W4H
WhenWhen would the data be for (what time period)
bull Do you need the most current data
bull Do you need historical data
bull Do you need to compare the two
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
W4H
HowHow do you need to use the data
bull Only for research
bull To publish online in an interactive map
bull Remember data has license agreements Ask yourself ldquoHow am I permitted to use this datasetrdquo
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Open Data portalscataloguespages data freely available on the web via government bodies and organizations
SFU Library data purchased or subscribed to by SFU Library (SFU login required)
Other academic library portalswebsitescatalogues data that other academic libraries have purchased created or curated that are permitted to be shared
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) user-generated data (eg crowdsourced volunteered location information participatory methods)
Some access points for data
List by Charleacuterik Lemieux from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
bull Google search for a place name and ldquoopen datardquobull Open Government Across Canada lists many (but not all) of thesebull Eg Open Data Ottawa and District of North Vancouver Open Data portal
Open data
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
1 Find an open data catalogue for a city in Canada or the US(Use a Google search)
2 What are weaknesses and strengths of the catalogue interface Do you like the way the datasets are organized and made accessible
3 Find a dataset that you find interesting that is available as a shapefile or kmlor kmz and download it
Open data now you try
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
bull Many organizations and research groups produce and share geospatial databull Check their website Look for sections with names like ldquoDatardquo ldquoToolsrdquo
ldquoResourcesrdquo ldquoResearchrdquobull If you cannot locate the data try contacting the organization to askbull Example British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Open data via organizations
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Try to locate and download geospatial data from these two websites
International Water Management Institutehttpwwwiwmicgiarorg
Ducks Unlimitedhttpwwwducksca
Open data via organizations you try
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
1 In your search use words like GIS shapefile shp ldquospatial datardquo layer geospatial
2 For example try searching Google forldquopublic art Vancouver (shp OR geospatial)What kinds of file types of public art in Vancouver can you find
3 Want more complicated Google searches Go to libsfuca and search for google advanced search
4 Try a Google search for a dataset that you might use in your research
Open data Google search
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
libsfuca12
34
Datasets available via SFU Library
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Abacus
keyword search here
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Abacus keyword searches
scroll down till you find ldquoCanMapStreetfilesv2014rdquo
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Abacus CanMap Streetfiles v2014
citation for the dataset
download datasets here
metadata information
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
1 Find the dataset called DMTI CanMap Content Suite v20173
2 Within this (very large) dataset find the following two datasetsi Waterbodies in British Columbia ii Pipelines for all of Canada
3 Find a dataset in the Abacus Public Data Collection that shows historical streams and the ldquooriginalrdquo (c 1880) shoreline in Vancouver Can you download the kmz file and open it in Google Earth Pro
Abacus now you try
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
ExamplesMITGeoWeb (MIT Harvard Tufts MassGIS Berkeley)Scholars GeoPortal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)Abacus Public Data Collection (BC research libraries)
These portals are often shared between institutionsThey usually contain open data that anyone can download
Other academic library data portals
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Example Scholars GeoPortal
anyone can download these open datasets
letrsquos look in this first category
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Example Scholars GeoPortal
scroll down till you find ldquoCartographic Boundary Files 2016 Censusrdquo and click
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
click to add to the map
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Cartographic Boundary Files 2016
add ldquoCensus Tractsrdquo to the map then zoom in to an area of interest
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
download the data layer here
export or print the map view
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
plenty of area and file format options
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
bikemapsorg
Volunteered geographic information
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Sawatzky K (2015 June 20) Airbnb listings in Vancouver How many What type Where Retrieved March 16 2018 from httpsshorttermconsequenceswordpresscom20150620airbnb-listings-in-vancouver-how-many-what-type-whereMaps
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
Dataset Title [format] Place of publication Publisher Date Available Name of site lturlgt (accessed date)Example Ontario Road Network (ORN) [computer file] Peterborough ON Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010 Available Scholars GeoPortallthttpgeo2scholarsportalinfogt (Accessed January 1 2013)
Citing geospatial data
libsfuca
Keshav MukundaGIS amp Map Librarian Librarian for Geography
kmukundasfuca
Information by Iris Sun from the Noun Project
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