GIS

h1. Wiki

h2. About the Auroville CSR Geomatics Studio

We are a team working on geographical and related information with an engineering and scientific approach. The concept of *geomatics* is explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomatics.

We develop, maintain and publish data on this web site: https://gis.auroville.org.in.



h3. Team

Currently, the team consists of:

* Bala

* Giulio

* Meera

* Philippe

* Raj

* Ram

* Selvarani



h3. Collaborations

Quick report of the collaborations the Geomatics Team the areas of work: see [[collaborations]].

h2. Our workflow

See [[Workflow]].

h2. Working with Gisaf

h3. Survey data

Raw survey data are contained in CSV files, typically downloaded from surveying instruments.

See more information of the process for the survey data (including a flow diagram): [[Survey data]]

h3. Categories

The categories define the types of the geographical features.

See [[Categories]]

h3. QGis: work on shapefiles

Go to [[shapefiles]].

h2. Data analysis

See [[Data analysis]]

h2. Hosting

The team is located in the CSR of Auroville.

We have setup a server for hosting the software and database. See [[CSR_server]] for technical information about the setup.

h3. Backup and restoration of the database

See [[db-support]]

h2. Gear

h3. Survey equipment

See [[survey equipment]]

h3. Weather station

See [[Ambient_Weather_weather_station]]

h2. Plan for future

Beside living well, see [[plan]].

h2. Other

* [[GDAL (OGR) tools]]

h2. Links and references

[[links]]

h2. Old docs

[[Shapefiles]]
[[Data (measurements, auxiliary tables)]]

h2. Pavneet's docs (imported from gisaf's wiki)

[[Rules of Map making - What all Maps should have!]]
[[Survey Database]]
[[Field to finish]]
[[Survey Data Post-Processing]]
[[Wells Documentation]]
[[Civil 3D useful commands]]
[[Online references for Civil 3D]]
[[connections in QGIS- using browser panel and Add postGIS]]
[[Reconcilation of Raw survey data using pgAdmin]]
[[importing RAW data to GISAF]]
[[Editing Z value of features in Shapefiles in QGIS]]
[[Miscellaneous- Civil 3D]]
[[Documentation- Rain Gauge]]
[[Documentation- Wells Monitoring (Piezometer by Bala)]]
[[Documentation- Flow meter, by Bala]]
[[Documentation- DST- Vegetation Indexing]]
[[Documentation- DST- Interpolation]]
[[Documentation- DST- Survey- Office workflow]]
[[From CAD to GIS, by Giulio]]
[[QGIS- Miscellaneous]]