Your story:
As part of your data search, you may have come across data in different formats. Most organizations pick one software and stick with it. Many clearinghouses pick one data format, but provide data translators in case you are using a different software. In Part I, we worked with data in just a few formats. What other formats are out there? Take time to look at the FME Format Gallery. What data formats are the organizations you've come in contact with using?
Take a look at the data types supported in ArcGIS in the ArcGIS Desktop Help. From the Help menu, select ArcGIS Desktop Help. Click the Index tab, type data and double-click types supported in ArcGIS in the list that appears in the Help window.
Do you subscribe to any GIS newsletters? If not, now is a good time to do so. There is a lot of information relevant to this class. Find an article related to data integration or interoperability. A few examples of online newsletters are:
This module is two weeks in length. Please refer to the course Calendar tab in ANGEL for the due date.
1. Readings:
Required:
Recommended:
2. Post a project write-up including:
3. Write a brief essay on how you would explain to your boss that the data sets you have just acquired cannot be lined up and have discrepancies between them. Put in the Week 6 Drop Box. This should be business formal standard communication, not an informal note.
4. Discuss the weekly topics on the discussion forum.
5. Complete Quiz 2
6. Make sure you have posted the completed Course Paper in Week 5 in the Lesson 5 Drop Box.
You have just completed module 5/6.
Don't forget...if you have any questions, feel free to post them to the Lesson 5/6 Discussion Forum.
Links
[1] http://www.directionsmag.com/
[2] http://www.opengeospatial.org/press/?page=newsletter
[3] http://www.vector1media.com/
[4] http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/summer04articles/esri-expands.html
[5] http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/papers
[6] http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=687&trv=1
[7] http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2004-03-26-a.html
[8] http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/sdts/index.html