Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods
Sefydliad Ymchwill Gymdeithasol ac Economaidd, Data a Dulliau Cymru
www.wiserd.ac.uk

Geospatial Metadata and Spatial Data Workshop

Dates: Friday 24th September 2010

Times: 2.00pm to 4.00pm

Course Leader: EDINA

Location: Seminar Room 1.65, Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning (CPLAN), Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WA

Overview

Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) is hosting this geospatial metadata workshop at the University of Cardiff.

EDINA, a JISC based data centre based at the University of Edinburgh, is offering this workshop to introduce geospatial metadata, online Go-Geo! resources, and the open and closed versions of ShareGeo, a spatial data repository. Workshop participants will also be introduced to a range of accessible web sources for spatial data.

The workshop is part an effort to introduce and promote online resources to support research and teaching and learning activities as well as spatial data management and sharing across the UK higher and further education communities. The workshop will also provide an overview of the European Commission’s INSPIRE Directive, which was transposed into UK law in December 2009, and applies to the UK academic community, and now requires the creation of metadata for spatial datasets.

The geospatial metadata workshop activities will include a 45 minute presentation of the following:

  • geospatial metadata and standards (ISO 19115, INSPIRE and UK GEMINI 2)
  • the benefits of metadata
  • Go-Geo! resources for metadata creation and publication
  • ShareGeo spatial data repository
  • web sources for spatial data

and a one hour hands-on session for workshop participants to use the

  • Go-Geo! Portal
  • Geodoc Metadata Editor Tool
  • ShareGeo Spatial Data Repository

Geodoc and the Digimap Service version of ShareGeo can be accessed through the UK Access Management Federation (Shibboleth) authentication service. Please have your username and password for the workshop.

Workshop participants interested in creating metadata are encouraged to bring information for their spatial datasets, which can be entered into the Geodoc metadata editor tool’s form. Recommended dataset information to bring includes the following:

  • Title
  • Abstract describing the dataset
  • The north, south, east and west co-ordinate (decimal degrees) extents of the area which the dataset covers
  • Dates when information was captured for dataset or date when dataset published
  • Scale or resolution
  • File format (eg: ArcGIS shapefile)
  • Lineage

Workshop participants will also be offered a 15-minute break with refreshments.

Fee Information

This is a free workshop run by Edina.

To sign up for the event, please visit the ESRI website by clicking here.

If you would like further information about this event, or clarification with regards to the spatial dataset information to bring, please e-mail Tony Mathys (tony.mathys@ed.ac.uk) or call EDINA Help Desk at (0)131 650 3302.