GEOG 487
Environmental Challenges in Spatial Data Science

Lesson Data

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Lesson Data

This section provides links to download the Lesson 4 data and reference information about each dataset (metadata). Briefly review the information below so you have a general idea of the data we will use in this lesson.

Lesson 4 Data Download:

Note: You should not complete this activity until you have read through all of the pages in Lesson 4. See the Lesson 4 Checklist for further information.

Create a new folder in your GEOG487 folder called "L4." Download a zip file of the Lesson 4 Data and save it in your "L4" folder. Extract the zip file and view the contents. Information about all datasets used in the lesson is provided below.

Metadata

In Lesson 4, we will use many of the same datasets from Lesson 3, including the custom data sets we created in Part II of the Step-by-Step Activity. I have provided clean copies of these datasets in the zip file above. Please use these during Lesson 4, just in case you made an error during Lesson 3. You may want to compare the data you created in Lesson 3 to the provided datasets and see if there are any differences.

  • Base Map: OpenStreetMap from ArcGIS Online (see Lesson 3 for more details).
  • The study site boundary (Study_Site) represents the wetland areas within Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge that are hydraulically connected to Lake Erie.
  • Boundary of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge: “OttawaNWR.”
  • Polygons of Vegetation Groups for the 1930s (30s_VegGrp), 1950s (50s_VegGrp), 1960s ( 60s_VegGrp), 1970s (70s_VegGrp), and 00s (00s_VegGrp).
  • Polygons of Invasive Species Classes for the 1930s (30s_Invasive), 1950s (50s_Invasive), 1960s ( 60s_Invasive), 1970s (70s_Invasive), and 00s (00s_Invasive).
  • Polygons of Plant Species for the 1930s (30s_Species), 1950s (50s_Species), 1960s ( 60s_Species), 1970s (70s_Species), and 00s (00s_Species).