Having had some exposition on the nature and practice of GIS through the QGIS training, it is now left for us to start the real work and learning experience.
We all remember you need, Hardware, Software , DATA and People to actualize a GIS set up. For most of us , we have all or some of the above requirements.
However the one thing we realize we most lack is DATA. Not just any DATA but Geo-spatial.For one thing data is rare in our environment and where it is available it is very costly.
All our skills and set up will be redundant , if we do not have access to the required data to conduct our analysis and studies. So data must be the first issue of concern.
Most of the data sources needed to run a GIS set currently ion Ghana must be collected from the field and this an expensive exercise for anyone to undertake.
To get around this , we all must come together to share data and share sources of data. Fortunately for us we can combine Attribute data and Geographical data to get Geo-spatial data so we all should make whatever we have that we can legitimately share available for the community to enjoy.
Also i am currently looking around the net to find sources of free Geo-spatial Data and i will soon report back here.
Topographic Features are made up of Layers of Data sets
Our GIS software suites , both Open Source and Proprietary allows us to view and work with many file formats both Raster and Vector.There are multitudes of data formats in data could be stored, viewed, manipulated, and retrieved. So depending on your data source and type , the format is also important to ensure is usefulness and accessibility.
So lets all collaborate to find and share data to make our GIS infrastructure and knowledge worthwhile.
Please do not hesitate to post comments and ask questions ?
ENJOY GIS
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