EAMENA-CPFTraining2020Week4:GeoreferencingandGeospatialAnalysisusingQGIS

Thisweek,wewilllearnhowtoexportdatafromthenewEAMENAdatabase.WewillalsoreviewskillsinQGISandlearnhowtofind,import,andusedifferenttypesofinQGIStomakemaps,georeferencescannedmapsandimagery,andconductsimplegeospatialanalysis.Thisweek,thereareseveralpracticeexercisesandactivitiesincludedthroughoutGISTutorials1,2,and3.Werecommendthatyoufollowandpracticedoingthoseactivitiesasyougothroughthe tutorials.Then,complete the ‘finalactivities’belowandsendtheresults toyourTrainingManager.If you have questions or discussion points, contact your Training Manager or post to ourFacebookgroup.Topicscovered:

● ExportingdatafromtheEAMENAdatabase● Makingasimplemap● GeoreferencingscannedmapsandCORONAimagery● Simplegeospatialanalysis

Activities:

1. MakesureyouhaveQGISinstalledonyourcomputer.2. Follow the GIS tutorials and practice doing the activities suggested in the tutorial

documents.3. DotheactivitiesbelowforyourareaofinterestandsendtheresultstoyourTraining

Manager:

a. GeoreferenceEITHERahistoricmapORCoronaimageryforyourareaofinterestand digitise any archaeological features you observe, or overlay a shapefile ofknownarchaeologicalsites,asdemonstratedinGISTutorial2.Create an image which shows a distribution of the digitised sites on both thehistoricmap/Coronaimageryandonmodernsatelliteimagerysidebyside.Forexample:

Example:AdistributionofsitesinthehinterlandofAcholla,onCoronaimagery

(left)andmodernsatelliteimagery(right)

b. Export a set of data from the EAMENA database. Create a map showing theirdistribution, including elevation and hydrological data, as demonstrated inGISTutorial3:Section1.Forexample:

Example:adistributionofRomansitesinLebanonoverlaidwithelevationandhydrologicaldata

c. Set yourself two questions relating to elevation and/or hydrology from the

exported data and answer them using the simple geospatial analysesdemonstratedinGISTutorial3:Section2.SendashortreportofyourfindingstoyourTrainingManager.