forest fortescue srjc 11/3/2011 gis and mapping in watershed management

Forest FortescueSRJC 11/3/2011

GIS AND MAPPING IN WATERSHED

MANAGEMENT

Section 1: What is GIS?

Section 2: What are the

applications of GIS?

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS GIS: SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

WHAT IS GIS: WEB MAPPING

- Aerial/Road Maps

- Terrain View- Street View- Some 45° Aerial

Imagery- Native KML

Support- http://maps.google.com

- Aerial/Road Maps

- Lots of 45° (“Birds Eye”) Aerial Imagery

- http://www.bing.com/maps

Other Tools- ArcGIS Online

- Import GIS files

- http://www.arcgis.com

- OpenStreetMap- Community

driven mapping project

- http://www.openstreetmap.org

WHAT IS GIS? MASHUPS/COMBINATIONS

Displaying GPS Points in Google Earth

DEMO

USES FOR MAPPING

USES: GEOCODING

Geocoding points using BatchGeo

GEOCODING DEMO(WWW.BATCHGEO.COM)

USES: AREA AND DISTANCE

Using Google Planimeter to measure Area and Google Maps to measure distances

AREA AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT

DEMOWWW.ACME.COM/PLANIMETER

MAPS.GOOGLE.COM

USES: GEOREFERENCING

Georeferencing an 1877 historical map of Santa Rosa onto Google Earth

GEOREFERENCING DEMO

(WWW.GEOREFERENCER.ORG)

I’m here to help! leucomonzogabbro@gmail.com (sorry!)

Many useful resources online… The Art of the Google Search

PDF of Google Maps Handout available on the website

CONCLUSIONS & RESOURCES