Going Places withSpatial Analysis: Part 1Dr. Linda Beale

GEOGRAPHY MATTERS

Evaluate

Analyze

Predict

Prepare

Manage

Act

Decide

Design

Measure

Plan

Geography impactsalmost everything.

SPATIAL DATA:

Data with a geographical component connected to some place on the earth.

Maps areeverywhere.

Analysis leads to discovery.

GEOCODING:

The process of finding a geographic location based on other information, like a street address.

EXPLORE THE VALUE OF SPATIAL ANALYSIS

If it happens on the earth, then the geography of

your data matters.

With geospatial data,we refer to places onthe earths surface at

human scale.

MODEL REAL-WORLD SYSTEMS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS

Take multiple datasets, and analyze them together

to better understand

95 percent of the underwaterworld remains unexplored.

Using spatial analysis, we can explore, model, and visualize

our world.