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GIS Day - 2009
James Fee
November 28, 2009
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Transcript
Sharing Data in the Age of the GeoWeb James Fee
- WeoGeo.com
Sharing Your Spatial Data
Sharing Your Spatial Data or
Sharing Your Spatial Data or How to Push Your GIS
Files Through a Round Hole and Live to Tell About it!
If Sharing is Easy... http://www.flickr.com/photos/13586721@N05/3122021735/
Why is it so hard to share spatial data?
Data Interoperability
Data Interoperability Data Portals...
Build it and they will use it!?!?
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Lets make this simple...
Just give me a shapefile
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california.shp california.shx california.dbf
california.shp california.shx california.dbf california.prj california.shp.xml
california.shp california.shx california.dbf california.prj california.shp.xml california.sbn california.sbx california.ain california.aih california.ixs
california.mxs california.atx california.cpg
california.shp california.shx california.dbf california.prj california.shp.xml california.sbn california.sbx california.ain california.aih california.ixs
california.mxs california.atx california.cpg
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Can We Come Up With a Standard?
What would work?
What would work? open database
What would work? open database open symbology
What would work? open database open symbology platform support
What would work? open database open symbology platform support OGC
support*
ESRI’s File Geodatabase
ESRI’s File Geodatabase
So just give me a File Geodatabase
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Users Demand Format Agnosticism
Users Demand Format Agnosticism • Freedom to use any application
Users Demand Format Agnosticism • Freedom to use any application
• Open formats
Users Demand Format Agnosticism • Freedom to use any application
• Open formats • User ownership of data
So we need an open spatial database format
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I really want to get me some of that!
“Open Standard” Photo by wiccked - http://flic.kr/p/cLv5z
Easy to Use Photo by Jason Gulledge - http://flic.kr/p/z3eWm
Clean Desktops! Photo by hummingcrow - http://flic.kr/p/SZdRG
No Limited Field Names
No Limited Field Names Desc_
No Limited Field Names Desc_ PiplneNm
No Limited Field Names Desc_ PiplneNm RdNme
No Limited Field Names Desc_ PiplneNm RdNme Dte_Colec
No Limited Field Names Desc_ PiplneNm RdNme Dte_Colec Field1
No Limited Field Names Desc_ PiplneNm RdNme Dte_Colec Field1 Rm_Num
No Limited Field Names Desc_ PiplneNm RdNme Dte_Colec Field1 Rm_Num
Yes
Problems with SQLite?
Problems with SQLite?
Problems with SQLite? *
Problems with SQLite? Never heard of it... *
SpatiaLite
SpatiaLite
SpatiaLite Photo by Kansir - http://flic.kr/p/48JMTM
SpatiaLite Photo by Kansir - http://flic.kr/p/48JMTM
Community Driven Standards
Community Driven Standards Users drive formats
How do we share?
Layer Package to the Rescue
Layer Package to the Rescue
What Works for the Layer Package
What Works for the Layer Package •Compressed format shares well
What Works for the Layer Package •Compressed format shares well
•Includes symbology
What Works for the Layer Package •Compressed format shares well
•Includes symbology •Metadata and preview thumbnails
What Works for the Layer Package •Compressed format shares well
•Includes symbology •Metadata and preview thumbnails •Easy to create with ArcMap
Problems with the Layer Package
Problems with the Layer Package •Uses the closed ESRI Layer
file for symbology
Problems with the Layer Package •Uses the closed ESRI Layer
file for symbology •Some files converted to closed File Geodatabase format
Problems with the Layer Package •Uses the closed ESRI Layer
file for symbology •Some files converted to closed File Geodatabase format •Undocumented
We need symbology with our datasets
Options:
Options: SLD/SE
CSS Options: SLD/SE
Enter GSS
Enter GSS Based on: &
Enter GSS Based on: & Handles dynamic data sources
Enter GSS Based on: & Handles dynamic data sources Designed
to work with
Example GSS body: { fillStyle: "#f6f6f6", lineWidth: 0 }, node:
{ fillStyle: "#ddd", strokeStyle: "#090", lineWidth: 0, radius: 1 }, way: { strokeStyle: function() { return "#"+ (parseInt((this.user), 36).toString(16)+"000000").truncate(6,"" ) }, lineWidth: function() { if (this.tags.get('width')) return parseInt(this.tags.get('width')) else return 1 }, fillStyle: "white"
http://cartagen.com
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Put my symbology in a sidecar!
california.sqlite california.gss
california.gpk
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FDO - Feature Data Objects
FDO - Feature Data Objects OGR - Simple Feature Library
FDO - Feature Data Objects OGR - Simple Feature Library
Safe FME Desktop/Server
Atom, GeoRSS, GeoJSON
Atom, GeoRSS, GeoJSON SQLite CSS for Symbology
Making data discoverable
Spatial Data Can Be
Secure Sensitive Open Spatial Data Can Be
Availability During Disasters
License Derivative Work
Picking Formats and Target Audience
Picking Formats and Target Audience Photo used under creative commons
from dotbenjamin
Picking Formats and Target Audience Photo used under creative commons
from dotbenjamin
Citizen Participation San Diego Fires
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Sharing Large Datasets
Sharing Large Datasets
Sharing Large Datasets
Sharing Large Datasets
So what about vectors?
So what about vectors?
So what about vectors? 125 GB
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Selecting Vectors to Download 1.Zoom to your area of interest
2.Draw polygon for selection 3.Query
Vectors in WeoGeo
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Photo by dawn_perry - http://flic.kr/p/JWeUY Data Silos
Photo by dawn_perry - http://flic.kr/p/JWeUY Data Sharing
More Choice and Better Selection Photo by syntheticaperture - http://flic.kr/p/4b4PcM
More Choice and Better Selection It’s your choice Photo by
syntheticaperture - http://flic.kr/p/4b4PcM
Thanks! James Fee
[email protected]
@cageyjames spatiallyadjusted.com