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2 But … Can You Map It? Using the geography part of the DLI collection François Mainville - Halifax March 2000 Arden Bell & Elizabeth Hamilton

3 What’s in the Geo collection ? l Files in MapInfo or Arc/Info format. l Digital Boundary, line and/or point files. l Reference Guides & Documentation. l Some tools = GeoSuite, GeoFormat.

4 Map Info… Ready to use ArcView Arc/Info Need to import or or other software… if compatible with MI or A/I MapInfo or Arc/Info ?

5 What’s a GIS ? l Geographic Information System l Mapping software integrated to a database l Will perform geospatial operation in or between many layers of information. l Offers possibility to integrate external data l Vector based or Raster based

Census Boundaries Points StreetsFeatures Boundaries, lines or points Features Boundaries, lines, points.

7 DCF files Two flavours of boundaries at STC DBF files + ( For 1986, 1991 & 1996)

8 Water layer

9 What’s in a Boundary file Polygons ? ? Examples of Polygonal features Census Areas, City Limits, City blocks, Lakes, Islands, Pop Ecumen, Neighbourhoods, User defined zone of interests, Buffer Zone.

10 What’s in a Street Network file Examples of Linear features Roads & Hyways, Rail Roads Rivers, Streams, Pipelines, Power Lines, ?

11 What’s in a point file Examples of point features Dwellings, schools Navigation buoys, Oil wells, Radio Towers Smoke stacks Areas can also be represented by points PCCF, Census Area rep. point

12 Reference Guides Available in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf)

13 GeoSuite l The GeoSuite tool provides linkage between the different levels of Census geography. – List of Census Areas within larger Census areas. –Population counts for selected areas.

14 What’s not in the collection  l GIS/Mapping Software l Caris, MapInfo, Arc, ArcView, PaMap, etc… ( although STC does provide mapping tools under E-STAT and Census Community profiles ) l Ready to use maps l Knowledge – About the census ( some under Census section ) – Cartographic / GIS

15 Other STC Mapping tool Census Community Profiles

16 Understanding Geography requires knowledge of Census CensusGeography

17 Census geography l A bit of concept –Census Areas are building blocks. –Small areas are agregated into larger ones.

18 Census Geography Overview SGC Code CMA Province CMA

19 Census Geography

20 Getting help with the Census l Census Dictionnary l Census handbook l SGC Manuals l Maps series ( EA, CD CSD, CMA CT )

21 Where on DLI FTP site ? l /dli/geography/19.. / … l FTP l Naming convention l see handout

22 The Steps to get a file Find... Download (ftp) Execute (unzip) Import (arc files only) Launch ArcView New View Add theme Click! [Save project]

23 Sound good? That was nothing. Just watch Arden do his thing!!!

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