Presentation developed for the Minnesota Logger Education Program in 2007.

1. Accessing Aerial Photos, Topographic Maps, & Other Planning Tools

12. link

13. link MapSource can easily display GPS data on a map . Not easy to overlay GPS data onto an airphoto .

19. How the map screen works (1)

20. How the map screen works (2)

21. To the lab…

22. Instructor note: Slides up to this point can be delivered in a room other than the computer lab. This may be a good idea in order to develop rapport, establish a flow for the day, and ease people into computer use. Some participants will have little prior experience with computers. Starting in a more familiar setting (instead of in front of a computer) may help to ease them into feeling comfortable in front of the screen.

23. How to get an airphoto of your property using Airphotos Online

35. How the map screen works (1)

36. How the map screen works (2)

37. Selecting and viewing an airphoto

40. To save an image from the web: 1. Mouse over the image. 2. Right-click (press right-side mouse button) 3. Select “Save image as…” 4. Choose file location and name 5. Press “Save”

43. Purchase considerations Check the date in the upper left corner Is the area of interest near center?

48. Break time

51. Overall I found this slideshow... Submit Clear A) Not at all helpful B) Slightly helpful C) Fairly helpful D) Very helpful E) No answer

52. What should we do to make the slideshow more useful? Submit Clear

54. How to build a customized map using Landview

63. Landview utilities

64. Zoom in on NW Itasca County

65. Display road data 1. Select “Roads” 2. Then, click “redraw map”

66. Display road data

67. Display road data: more detail

68. Display lake & river data 1. Select “Lakes & Rivers” 2. Then, click “redraw map”

69. Display lake & river data

70. Display lake & river data 1. Select “USGS DRGs” 2. Then, click “redraw map”

71. Display topographic map data (DRG)

72. Display corrected air photo data (DOQ)

73. Removing data to declutter the map 1. Deselect “Lakes & Rivers” 2. Then, click “redraw map”

74. Search for a place Landview also allows you to search by place name. Type “Cloquet forest” into “Find place” box Then, click “go”

75. Search for a place by name

76. Search for a place by TRS Type “t146r33s09” into “Find place” box Then, click “go” Landview also allows you to search by township, range, and section. The format is t999r99s99 Where do we end up?

77. Comparing images: FSA vs USGS DOQs 1. Make sure that you have FSA 2003 DOQ as your background. If not, set it now. 2. Activate the “zoom in” ( ) icon. 3. Zoom in to the maximum extent by clicking several times anywhere on the map. 4. Switch your background to “USGS DOQ”

78. Comparing images: FSA vs USGS DOQs FSA 2003 DOQ USGS DOQ

79. Exporting map data from Landview You can’t print from Landview. Currently the only export option is a screencapture. Exercise 3 has more on this.

80. New functionality coming soon Printing Help Draw polygons on the map Measure area More image and map data

83. Break time

85. How helpful was this slideshow? A) Not helpful at all B) Slightly helpful C) Fairly helpful D) Very helpful E) No answer Submit Clear

86. What could we do to make slideshows like this better? Submit Clear

88. How to use digital geographic information in documents

94. Using metadata to choose the right image FSA 2003 DOQ USGS DOQ 2003 1991 Metadata is data about the data. Date of origin, resolution, etc.

96. Proper credit

99. More on fair use (Source: Wikipedia )

100. To save an image from the web: 1. Mouse over the image. 2. Right-click (press right-side mouse button) 3. Select “Save image as…” 4. Choose file location and name 5. Press “Save”

104. That’s it! Questions Evaluations