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Vector Analysis I Where have we come so far? By now, you should be familiar with: What GIS is. How GIS works.

Some of what GIS can do.

GIS data formats. Spatial data. Tabular data. Modifying views of data.

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Vector Analysis I What comes next?

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Vector Analysis I Basic vector analysis Examples Which forest stands lie within 100 m of a road? Which inventory plots have been affected by a recent slope failure?

Does any stream pass through the oldest stands in a forested area?
What is the age-class distribution of stands adjacent to stands younger than 10 years? What is the mean slope of the group of stands within 50 m of a stream?

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Vector Analysis I Overview of basic vector analysis Analyzing spatial relationships Theme-on-theme selection Selecting points near a line Selecting adjacent features Line-on-polygon selection Polygon-on-line selection Point-in-polygon selection Polygon-on-point selection Polygon-on-polygon selection

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Spatial join Spatial join: containment Spatial join: proximity Spatial merge
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Vector Analysis I Analyzing spatial relationships

Relationships between features

Proximity

Containment

Overlap

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Vector Analysis I Theme-on-theme selection Definitions Target theme: the theme we want to know something about

Selector theme: the theme we are spatially referencing to

For a series of streams, find the distance to the nearest forest stand

target theme
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Vector Analysis I Theme-on-theme selection: feature type relationships

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Vector Analysis I Selecting points near a line (proximity) gates near streams

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Vector Analysis I Selecting adjacent features (proximity of 0) stands adjacent to other stands

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Vector Analysis I Line-on-polygon selection (intersection, proximity of 0, overlap) roads and streams within stands

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Vector Analysis I Polygon-on-line selection (intersection, proximity of 0, overlap) stands traversed by streams

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Vector Analysis I Point-in-polygon selection (containment) CFI plots within 30-40 y old stands

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Vector Analysis I Point-in-polygon selection conifer basal area statistics

30-40 year old stands are underrepresented in inventory

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Vector Analysis I Polygon-on-point selection stands containing non-forested or unsampled plots

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Vector Analysis I Polygon-on-polygon selection (containment, overlap) stands overlapping with unstable soils

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Vector Analysis I Spatial join

theme attribute tables are joined on the shape field features are related and compared for distance and containment

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Vector Analysis I Spatial join: containment polygon attributes are attached to points

related fields can be used for display

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Vector Analysis I Spatial join: proximity distance from plot centers to roads

distance used as a display field

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Vector Analysis I Spatial merge

a special case of the tabular summary

features with identical attribute values are merged together

table records are joined a new theme is created

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Vector Analysis I Spatial merge summarize the Age_Class_1999 field

creates a new theme

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Vector Analysis I Spatial merge multiple objects, one record

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