Your ideal dataset

15 minutes, included in the live session if you attend

Imagine what your ideal dataset looks like:

• What information (themes, attributes, data values) does it contain?
• What geographic area does it cover (coverage or extent)? Is it global, national, local…?
• What level of spatial detail (resolution or grain) does it have? How coarse or fine is the spatial scale? Do the data vary amongst continents or countries, or on a scale of metres, or somewhere in between?
• At what point in time was it collected? Is a single snapshot sufficient, or do you need multiple repeat visits? Over what time period?
• What level of temporal detail does it have? A single value for a decade, multiple datapoints within a single hour or day, or somewhere in between?

Thinking back to our earlier mindmap, what else should you consider regarding the content, quality, reliability of the dataset?

Revisit your post about your GIS goal on the Padlet below. Add a comment giving more detail about what your ideal dataset looks like.

If you can’t see the Padlet, or prefer to view it full screen, go to https://padlet.com/VerdantLearn_LT/GISRefresher1_DataNeeds_May2021

You’ve completed the tasks for today - well done!

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