ForBio course: Introduction to GPS and GIS
Time: Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th October 2014, 10 to 16 each day (CET).
Location: Botanical Museum (Lids building), Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo, Sars gate 1, 0318 Oslo, (59.91801 N, 10.77230 E).
People: Dag Endresen, Oddvar Pedersen, Sabrina Mazzoni, Christian Svindseth & Heidi Solstad.
Information: http://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2014/gis_intro.html
Details: http://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2014/gis_info.pdf
Agenda: (this page)
DropBox: http://goo.gl/rjnves
Monday 13th October
10:00 Introduction to the course [Slides]
- Overview course content and practical information.
- Round-table presentation of your background and experience with GPS and GIS (maximum 2 minutes each).
10:45 Introduction coordinate systems, projections and data formats (Dag Endresen) [Slides]
11:15 Introduction to GPS (Oddvar Pedersen) [Slides]
- Global Positioning System, GPS configuration, waypoints.
12:15 Lunch break
13:00 Hardware checks (Sabrina Mazzoni)
13:15 Practical exercise: using the GPS inside the Botanical garden (exercise 1).
- Navigation and collecting GPS coordinates.
- Extracting GPS data to your laptop.
- http://docs.qgis.org/2.2/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_gps/plugins_gps.html
- Report results here: http://goo.gl/tBzKoi (Google Spreadsheet)
15:00 Introduction to making maps using QGIS (Dag Endresen) [Slides]
- Plotting points from the exercise using QGIS (excercise 2).
16:00 End of day 1
Tuesday 14th October
10:00 Access to species occurrence data from GBIF and Artskart (Dag Endresen) [Slides]
- GBIF and Artskart contributes to making species occurrence data freely available online. GBIF can also assist you with uploading and publishing your own species occurrence data from your own fieldwork. You may also use citizen science tools such as Artsobservasjoner or iNaturalist.
11:00 Making maps using QGIS (Dag Endresen) [Slides]
- Adding point data, basic layers and other GIS data to your own map.
11:45 Introduction to GIS analysis (Sabrina Mazzoni) [Slides]
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Practical exercise, plotting point data using QGIS [Excercises]
- Plot species occurrence data downloaded from GBIF or Artskart (excercise 4).
- GBIF: http://www.gbif.org
- Artskart: http://www.artsdatabanken.no/artskart
- Plot your own occurrence data from your own fieldwork.
14:00 Practical exercise, adding layers to your species map [Slides]
- Gazetteer place names, roads, rivers, lakes, admin borders.
- GeoNames: http://www.geonames.org/
- DIVA-GIS data: http://www.diva-gis.org/gdata
- “Kartverket” in Norway: http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/main.home
- Topographical: http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=21495
- Norway map: http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=21506
- Gray-shades: http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=21507
- Maritime map: http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=76461
- Adminstrative borders: http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=231&currTab=simple
15:00 Practical exercise, GIS analysis
- Proximity analysis, distance to roads, rivers.
- Extracting values from environment layers.
16:00 End of day 2 (and course)
Suggested reading list (further reading)
Chapman, A.D., 2005, Uses of Primary Species-Occurrence Data, version 1.0. Report for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen. 100 pp. Available online at http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=1300
Scheldeman, X. & van Zonneveld, M., 2010. Training Manual on Spatial Analysis of Plant Diversity and Distribution. Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. ISBN 978-92-9043-880-9. Available online at http://www.gbif.org/resources/2656
Biodiversity Informatics Training Curriculum: http://biodiversity-informatics-training.org/
GPS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS
Mapsource: http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=209 (Windows)
BaseCamp: http://www.garmin.com/en-US/shop/downloads/basecamp (Win & Mac)
QGIS plugin: http://docs.qgis.org/2.0/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_gps/plugins_gps.html
Coordinate system WGS84: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGS84
Convert srs: http://dagendresen.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/convert-coordinate-srs/
Projections: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection
QGIS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qgis
QGIS documentation: http://www.qgis.org/en/docs/index.html
QGIS user guide: http://docs.qgis.org/2.2/en/docs/user_manual/
QGIS training: http://docs.qgis.org/2.2/en/docs/training_manual/index.html
QGIS GIS introduction: http://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/gentle_gis_introduction/
GBIF: http://www.gbif.org/whatisgbif
GBIF data portal: http://www.gbif.org
Artskart: http://www.artsdatabanken.no/artskart
Artsobservasjoner: http://www.artsdatabanken.no/artsobservasjoner
iNaturalist: http://www.inaturalist.org/
Norwegian geodata: http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/eng/help
“Kartverket” in Norway: http://www.kartverket.no/geonorge/
RStudio training: http://www.rstudio.com/resources/training/online-learning/
Making maps with R: http://www.molecularecologist.com/2012/09/making-maps-with-r/
Raster data (R): http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/raster/vignettes/Raster.pdf
Distribution modeling (R): http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/dismo/vignettes/sdm.pdf
GIS data sources
Some examples of relevant data sources for the QGIS mapping exercise.
DIVA-GIS data
- http://www.diva-gis.org/gdata (choose Norway)
Norwegian Mapping Agency (“Kartverket”)
Topographical:
- http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=21495
- WMS: http://wms.geonorge.no/skwms1/wms.toporaster2
Norway map:
- http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=21506
- WMS: http://wms.geonorge.no/skwms1/wms.topo2?
Gray-shades:
- http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=21507
- WMS: http://wms.geonorge.no/skwms1/wms.topo2.graatone?
Maritime map:
- http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=76461
- WMS: http://wms.geonorge.no/skwms1/wms.sjo_hovedkart2?
Administrative borders:
- http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=231&currTab=simple
- Note: No WMS/WCS is available
- http://data.kartverket.no/download/content/geodataprodukter?korttype=3594
Forest types in Norway:
- http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=462
- WMS: http://wms.skogoglandskap.no/cgi-bin/satskog
TEST DEM WCS Norway:
- http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=21258
- WCS: http://wcs.geonorge.no/skwms1/wcs.dtm?
Artskart WMS
- http://www.geonorge.no/geonetwork/srv/nor/metadata.show?id=35113
- WMS: http://kart.artsdatabanken.no/WMS/artskart.aspx?
GeoNames
Natural Earth
- http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/
- http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-ocean/ [ZIP]
- http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-bathymetry/
The Blue Marble (satellite image)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Marble
- Land surface: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=57752 (2002)
- Topography (radar): http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=73934 (2005)
- Land surface (July): http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=74092 (2004)
NASA satellite data
- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/?eocn=topnav&eoci=globalmaps
- http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MOD13A2_M_NDVI (vegetation idx)
- http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MOD17A2_M_PSN (photosynthesis)
- http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MCD12C1_T1 (landcover)
NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NDGC)
- http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html
- http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/globe.html (1 km topography)
- http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/globega2.html (with bathymetry)
