Data Management

Objectives

Data Management – what does it mean?

Standard Operating Procedures on Incidents

Take Home Message?

Data Management – 2 parts:

Directory Structure

File Names (naming convention)

GSTOP – data management standards

GIS STandard Operating Procedures

on Incidents

http://gis.nwcg.gov/gstop_sop.htm

2010_Restoration

base_data

incident_data (gps .txt, waypoints & points, lines, polygons)

raster (images)vector (points, lines, polygons)

YYYYMMDD YYYYMMDD

2010_Incidents

Incident Directory Structure

20050516_2230_RXWUII_per_fobs_pl_u15n83.shp

…Translation: On 5/16/2005 a file was started at 2230 hrs for the RXWUII fire to collect a fire perimeter by the field observer. It was saved as a polygon in UTM, Zone15, NAD83 in shapefile format…

IncidentFileNameStandard

yyyymmdd_Time_IncidentName_FeatureIdentifier_Source_GISType_ProjectionDatum

GSTOP Example

Incident Name

Date: YYYYMMDD

Time: 2400 clock

Feature Identifier

GIS Type

Projection

& Datum

Source (Collector)

Data Management – Take Home Message

Directory Structure?• No spaces in folder names• Keep it simple – not too many subfolders• Keep it informative – plain english but not verbose• Document it! (readme text file)

File Names (Naming Convention)?• No spaces in file names• Use date and time if appropriate (YYYYMMDD_HH:MM)• Document it! (readme text file or metadata)• Clean up after yourself! Delete old or intermediate files!

Example

Incident Name

Feature Identifier

Date: YYYYMMDD

Questions?Questions?