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Data Management
Objectives
Data Management – what does it mean?
Standard Operating Procedures on Incidents
Take Home Message?
Data Management – 2 parts:
Directory Structure
File Names (naming convention)
GSTOP – data management standards
GIS STandard Operating Procedures
on Incidents
http://gis.nwcg.gov/gstop_sop.htm
2010_Restoration
base_data
incident_data (gps .txt, waypoints & points, lines, polygons)
raster (images)vector (points, lines, polygons)
YYYYMMDD YYYYMMDD
2010_Incidents
Incident Directory Structure
20050516_2230_RXWUII_per_fobs_pl_u15n83.shp
…Translation: On 5/16/2005 a file was started at 2230 hrs for the RXWUII fire to collect a fire perimeter by the field observer. It was saved as a polygon in UTM, Zone15, NAD83 in shapefile format…
IncidentFileNameStandard
yyyymmdd_Time_IncidentName_FeatureIdentifier_Source_GISType_ProjectionDatum
GSTOP Example
Incident Name
Date: YYYYMMDD
Time: 2400 clock
Feature Identifier
GIS Type
Projection
& Datum
Source (Collector)
Data Management – Take Home Message
Directory Structure?• No spaces in folder names• Keep it simple – not too many subfolders• Keep it informative – plain english but not verbose• Document it! (readme text file)
File Names (Naming Convention)?• No spaces in file names• Use date and time if appropriate (YYYYMMDD_HH:MM)• Document it! (readme text file or metadata)• Clean up after yourself! Delete old or intermediate files!
Example
Incident Name
Feature Identifier
Date: YYYYMMDD
Questions?Questions?
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