Gathering Data

Yesterday, you learned about spatial data and where to find it. let’s practice….

For today’s reference mapping…

This morning we will practice making a reference map of Montreal using vector data data from ???Natural Earth, Statistics Canada, and Native Land Digital.

Over top our reference map we will visualize historic bath houses.

this data - created by Alex by… discuss.

The workshop folder contains some of this data, as well as additional datasets for you to practice thematic mapping. However, because finding, downloading, and preparing spatial data is a major part of mapping for academic publication, you will be guided through downloading the main datasets for today’s workshop on your own. Remember, move each dataset you download to the workshop folder and unzip it there.

Data needed

SWAP OUT TO MATCH WORKSHOP

• Canadian provincial & territorial boundaries
• World countries, lakes, and oceans
• Point over Ottawa, Canada’s capital city

To Do

see here https://ubc-library-rc.github.io/gis-reference-mapping/content/hands-on1.html

3. Create a point over Montreal Finally, we will create a point over Montreal. To do this, will use geojson.io, an online platform where you can click to create simple point, line, and polygon features which can then be downloaded and uploaded to a GIS.

1. Go to geojson.io

2. Simply type “Montreal” in the search bar and the webmap should zoom to the desired location.

3. Click the drop-pin icon. Your cursor should turn into a cross hair. Now click on the map, exactly where the drop-pin for Montreal is already given.
   

4. Once you click, you will notice some geoJSON code appears on the right-hand panel. This is the geoJSON that stores a single point. Click Save in the upper left-hand corner, and save your new point layer as either a geojson (notice, however, you can save as a shapefile or another file format as well). Once the file is downloaded, ***move it to your dhsi-worshop/Day2/reference-mapping folder. You may need to rename it to montreal rather than map.geojson which is the default.