1. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 1 A project of the Introduction to Geospatial Methods for e-Humanities Research Anthony Corns (Discovery Programme) Dr Rob Sands (UCD) Shawn Day (DHO) 21. 05. 2009

2. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 2 Welcome Aim Assumptions Objective

3. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 3 Agenda Introduction Demonstration Dr Rob Sands Shawn Day Anthony Corns Breakouts Standards Tools Mash-up Exercise Issues for Analysis & Presentation Discussion and Wrap-Up

4. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 4 WHO’S PRESENTING?

5. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 5 INTRODUCING YOURSELVES

6. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 6 A QUICK DEMONSTRATION

7. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 7 TALKING TERMS

8. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 8 What is Geospatial? More than GIS Its all about Space and Place Geovisualisation? Geoparsing?

9. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 9 What is Geospatial Not? Automatic

10. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 10 A Bit of a Glossary Georeference Geoparse Geotag Geocode Geolocate GPS GIS Projection Geovisualisation

11. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 11 Geo Referencing Identify a place in space Usually a minimum of Longitude, Latitude, Altitude

12. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 12 Geoparsing Identifying as a place as opposed to another type of entity within a body of text To assign geographic identifiers to words and phrases in unstructured content Metacarta / Calais / CalaisFull Metacarta CalaisCalaisFull

13. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 13 Geotag Add geographical reference information to media such as photographs, video, websites, blog posting, etc.

14. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 14 Geocoding The process of finding geographic coordinates from address data Reverse Geocoding

15. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 15 Geolocating Assessing the location of a real world object based on IP-address, or mobile connection to the internet

16. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 16 Global Positioning System (GPS) Series of US Defense Department Satellites in Orbit that allow for accurate positioning in three dimensions

17. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 17 Geographic Information System (GIS) GIS can display spatial data hidden in tables and databases Create detailed and intelligent maps Integrate data to reveal trends and relationships that bring new perspectives to previously held beliefs about people and places Research questions in the humanities often involve a spatial component that only GIS can expose

18. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 18 Projection The means by which we represent a sphere on a plane The earth is round, but we project it onto a flat surface to display data See: Flexprojector

19. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 19 Geovisualisation The use of geographical representation to allow for analysis, decision-making and presentation

20. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 20 A project of the ‘From Bits of Data to Maps’ Dr Rob Sands, UCD

21. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 21 A project of the Time and Space: How an Historian Approaches the Digital Arts and Humanities Shawn Day 21. 05. 2009 - Introduction to Geospatial Methods for Humanities Research

22. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 22 A project of the ‘GIS at the Discovery Programme’ Mr Anthony Corns The Discovery Programme

23. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 23 A project of the Breakout Sessions How do you think that the use of or addition of a geospatial dimension can aid in the framing of your research questions?

24. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 24 A project of the Lunch

25. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 25 A project of the Reports from Breakout Sessions

26. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 26 A project of the Geospatial Standards

27. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 27 Standards KML GeoRSS GML GPSX Boundary File (shapefile)

28. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 28 KML Keyhole Markup Language The Google Standard

29. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 29 KML A language for the visualisation of geographic information – Placemarks – Ground Overlays – Paths – Polygons – Styles

30. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 30 KML

31. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 31 KML Google Earth

32. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 32 GML Adopted by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Can be embedded in the TEI

33. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 33 GML Feature Geometry Coordinate Reference System Topology Time Dynamic feature Coverage Unit of measure Directions Observations Map presentation styling rules

34. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 34 GeoRSS RSS (Really Simple Syndication) An interchange format for changing information – a feed RSS with Geotagged Posts and Objects See: GeoFeeder

35. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 35 A project of the Geospatial Tools

36. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 36 Tools Google/Yahoo Maps GoogleYahoo Maps Google Earth Yahoo Pipes GPSBabel Simile Exhibit Many-Eyes ESRI ArcGIS OpenGRASS Name Authorities

37. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 37 Google Maps/Yahoo Maps 2D generally Provide API so that you can annotate with your own data Allow georeferencing, geolocation and geocoding Visit the Maps (Plot KML)

38. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 38 Google Earth 2D/3D and as was saw before even 4D Open API and very sophisticated Available as a Plugin for Browsers

39. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 39 Yahoo Pipes A transformational means to represent data in a geospatial means View Flickr Demo

40. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 40 GPS Babel/GPS Visualiser GPS Visualiser GPSBabel

41. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 41 Name Authorities Alexandria Digital Library Logainm Getty

42. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 42 Next Steps Recipes: GIS CookbookGIS Cookbook Standards: Open Geospatial ConsortiumOpen Geospatial Consortium News: SlashgeoSlashgeo

43. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 43 Exercise/Hands-On: Finding Yourself Raw Materials: Excel Spreadsheet of Participants, IP Address and Physical Location Tools: Google Earth, Excel, MaxMindMaxMind Objective locate all members of workshop and create usable map view for presentation

44. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 44 A project of the Issues for Analysis How can humanists use geospatial techniques/methods to pose research questions and aid in analysis and exploration?

45. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 45 The Research Process Why should I use geographic information? What type of questions can I ask of it?

46. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 46 Issues for Humanities Research Analysis Experimental Limited Usage Fluid Practise Standards still being set Collabourative Limited Support Steep Learning Curve

47. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 47 A project of the Issues for Presentation How can geospatial techniques help to present research findings in the humanities?

48. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 48 Issues Type of Map Type of Chart Colour Scale Data Representation Interoperability

49. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 49 Wrap-Up How have your ideas possibly changed since our breakouts? Where do questions remain? What else would you like to see covered in future events? Complete feedback forms

50. An Introduction to Geospatial Methods 21.05.2009 | Speaker: Shawn Day| slide 50 The Geostack Capture GPS Camera Scanner Produce Blog CMS Publish Aggregate GeoRSS KML GML Consume Map Use Visualise