To support the use of geospatial technologies in research and teaching at Stanford
(whatever that means at any given time)
- Instruction
- Infrastructure & Collections
- Consulting
Infrastructure & Collections
-
Software provision, licensing & support
- ArcGIS
- ArcGIS.com
- QGIS
- CARTO.com
- MapBox.com
- Google Earth Engine
- locator.stanford.edu
- earthworks.stanford.edu
- Planet.com
Why in a library?
Librarians are data experts.
Curation
Preservation
Discovery
Distribution
Support
Ensuring ROI on our data investments
The Library is discipline agnostic
Opportunities for interdisciplinary
cross-pollination
locator.stanford.edu
- ~2 million records per hour
- North America & Brazil
- Street Addresses
- Postal Codes
- Placenames
- Global Placenames (in development)
- Compatible with:
- Esri software
- R
- OpenRefine
- REST & SOAP API endpoints
earthworks.stanford.edu
spatial data is different
it's difficult to find
it's difficult to evaluate
it's difficult to access
it's difficult to archive
the Stanford Digital Repository treats our spatial data holdings as durable assets.
the Stanford Spatial Data Infrastructure (SSDI) exposes the live OGC spatial data services that power Earthworks functionality
(WFS, WMS, etc...)
Planet.com
- 300TB per year (600m sqkm)
- 3m pixel resolution
- RGB/NIR
- Daily Cadence
- PlanetScope Imagery
- Monthly/Quarterly Composite Basemaps (unmetered)
- Analysis Mosaics
- EDU Rights:
- Retain
- Redistribute
- Redownload
https://tasks.hotosm.org/
http://foundation.digitalglobe.com/
https://icme.stanford.edu/resources/hive
HIVE
13440 x 5400 x .53m pixels
=
20 sq km
Typical Monitor
1440 x 900 x .53m pixels
=
.7 sq km
Or,...
250 shift+arrow pans vs. 7000+
~ 6 hrs
Outcomes
- 5,000+ sq km
- 225 settlements
- only 2 abandoned by arrival
Let's Play with Spatial Data!
Show&Tell!
Explore OpenStreetMap.org
Create an OSM Account
Practice Editing with iD Editor
Don't Forget to Save!
https://tasks.hotosm.org/
you will login with your OpenStreetMap.org credentials
Choose an HOTOSM Project
Read the Description/Instructions
Select a Task
Select a Task
Start Mapping!
Things to Remember:
- Focus on the requested task
- Save changesets every dozen or so edits
- When you are done, return to the HOT Task Manager and unlock or mark the task finished.
- There are no minimums! All contributions are useful!
Links for more!
- stanford.maps.arcgis.com - Use you Stanford SUNetID to login with Enterprise. Full featured GIS, in the cloud.
- mapschool.io - A quick introduction to the way maps work on the internet.
- gis.stanford.edu - Our website for more Stanford resources!
SGC Lightning Overview for Access Services
By Stace Maples
SGC Lightning Overview for Access Services
Stanford SGC Service Highlights in 20 minutes, plus an excercise.
