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

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.

earthworks.stanford.edu

the Stanford Spatial Data Infrastructure (SSDI) exposes the live OGC spatial data services that power Earthworks functionality
(WFS, WMS, etc...)

http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/air-monitoring-stations-california-2001-2003_41503#7/37.195/-119.773

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!