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But … Can You Map It?

But … Can You Map It?. Using the geography part of the DLI collection. François Mainville - Halifax March 2000 Arden Bell & Elizabeth Hamilton. What’s in the Geo collection ?. Files in MapInfo or Arc/Info format. Digital Boundary, line and/or point files.

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But … Can You Map It?

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  1. But … Can You Map It? Using the geography part of the DLI collection François Mainville - Halifax March 2000 Arden Bell & Elizabeth Hamilton

  2. What’s in the Geo collection ? • Files in MapInfo or Arc/Info format. • Digital Boundary, line and/or point files. • Reference Guides & Documentation. • Some tools = GeoSuite, GeoFormat.

  3. MapInfo or Arc/Info ? ArcView Arc/Info Need to import or Map Info… Ready to use or other software… if compatible with MI or A/I

  4. What’s a GIS ? • Geographic Information System • Mapping software integrated to a database • Will perform geospatial operation in or between many layers of information. • Offers possibility to integrate external data • Vector based or Raster based

  5. Census Boundaries Points Streets Boundaries, lines, points. Features Boundaries, lines or points

  6. Two flavours of boundaries at STC DBF files ( For 1986, 1991 & 1996) DCF files +

  7. Water layer

  8. Polygons What’s in a Boundary file ? Examples of Polygonal features Census Areas, City Limits, City blocks, Lakes, Islands, Pop Ecumen, Neighbourhoods, User defined zone of interests, Buffer Zone. ?

  9. What’s in a Street Network file Examples of Linear features Roads & Hyways, Rail Roads Rivers, Streams, Pipelines, Power Lines, ?

  10. What’s in a point file • Examples of point features • Dwellings, schools • Navigation buoys, • Oil wells, Radio Towers • Smoke stacks Areas can also be represented by points PCCF, Census Area rep. point

  11. Reference Guides Available in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf)

  12. GeoSuite • The GeoSuite tool provides linkage between the different levels of Census geography. • List of Census Areas within larger Census areas. • Population counts for selected areas.

  13. What’s not in the collection  • GIS/Mapping Software • Caris, MapInfo, Arc, ArcView, PaMap, etc… ( although STC does provide mapping tools under E-STAT and Census Community profiles ) • Ready to use maps • Knowledge • About the census ( some under Census section ) • Cartographic / GIS

  14. Other STC Mapping tool Census Community Profiles http://www.statcan.ca/english/census96/list.htm

  15. Understanding Geography requires knowledge of Census Census Geography

  16. Census geography • A bit of concept • Census Areas are building blocks. • Small areas are agregated into larger ones.

  17. SGC Code CMA 12003133 1302133 Province CMA 12 2 05 Census GeographyOverview

  18. Census Geography

  19. Getting help with the Census • Census Dictionnary • Census handbook • SGC Manuals • Maps series ( EA, CD CSD, CMA CT )

  20. Where on DLI FTP site ? • /dli/geography/19.. / … • FTP • Naming convention • see handout

  21. The Steps to get a file Find... Download (ftp) Execute (unzip) Import (arc files only) Launch ArcView New View Add theme Click! [Save project]

  22. Sound good? That was nothing. Just watch Arden do his thing!!!

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