# Maps and GIS Geeking **URL:** \ **Category:** HUMUS.Sapiens\ **Created:** [April 20, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/maps-and-gis-geeking/374 "2018-04-20T08:23:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dusjagr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/dusjagr/32/24_2.png) [@dusjagr](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/dusjagr)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/maps-and-gis-geeking/374/1 "2018-04-20T08:23:35Z")
![Selection_709](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/hackteria/original/1X/4dfc6dbace424bd887c4cf8b35d46775ec74223f.png) Just have been diving into the different GIS (Geo Information Systems) and checking what data is already available. Of course Swiss style, each canton has it’s own GIS and different kinda data are being monitored. Seems like in the Canton of Schaffhausen there is not so much about soil available yet. but some other interesting data of forest use. [http://www.sh.ch/index.php?id=663](http://www.sh.ch/index.php?id=663) ![GIS_RandeLab_Naturschutzfunktion](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/hackteria/original/1X/4d0b143abf0ba2a5779b7d231141b408aca99011.png) The GIS Portal of Zurich though shows an almost complete map of soil properties of all agricultural land (not natural reserves, urban environments or forests) [http://maps.zh.ch/](http://maps.zh.ch/) ![Selection_710](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/hackteria/original/1X/4267d64d43b28a7a205ecd273b34108c914703c4.png) Interesting is that the “Biological Activity” is only one small aspect that is being recorded and classified on 4 categories (high, normal, little, very little). ---
**Author:** ![gbathree](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/gbathree/32/278_2.png) [@gbathree](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/gbathree)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/maps-and-gis-geeking/374/2 "2018-04-24T13:35:22Z")
I’ll throw another one in here. [https://soilgrids.org/](https://soilgrids.org/) is a great website which takes the local soil data from different regions (probably including the one linked above) and makes them all available and accessible through their nice online map AND (more importantly) through a sanely designed API - [https://rest.soilgrids.org/](https://rest.soilgrids.org/) . If you click on a point on the map, it even shows you the API URL directly in the info menu (!!). We have a great US based soil map from USGS which has been built over the course of the last 100 years, but it’s nearly impossible to use because the API is so f-ing complicated. Also, I just noticed that Soilgrids is now testing a beta feature for uploading data… that’s cool! I’ll check that out also. ---
**Author:** ![dusjagr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/dusjagr/32/24_2.png) [@dusjagr](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/dusjagr)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/maps-and-gis-geeking/374/3 "2018-04-26T10:40:34Z")
![soilgrids_screenshot_RandeLab](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/hackteria/original/1X/35bd21e3eccb31cc70f983430b56ef525a1145b0.jpg) Hmm mchecking that soildgrids. thx @gbathree hmmm still need to learn a lot! ---
**Author:** ![dusjagr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/dusjagr/32/24_2.png) [@dusjagr](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/dusjagr)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/maps-and-gis-geeking/374/4 "2018-04-26T10:51:59Z")
and now testing this national platfrom: > **[Swiss Geoportal](https://map.geo.admin.ch/?lang=en&topic=ech&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.zeitreihen%2Cch.bfs.gebaeude_wohnungs_register%2Cch.blw.bodeneignung-wasserspeichervermoegen%2Cch.blw.gewaesseranschlusskarte%2Cch.blw.bodeneignung-gruendigkeit%2Cch.blw.feldblockkarte%2Cch.blw.erosion-quantitativ%2Cch.blw.bodeneignung-vernaessung%2Cch.blw.gewaesseranschlusskarte-direkt&layers_visibility=false%2Ctrue%2Cfalse%2Ctrue%2Ctrue%2Ctrue%2Ctrue%2Cfalse%2Ctrue&layers_timestamp=18641231%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C&E=2685074.78&N=1291792.09&zoom=9.584743156967747&layers_opacity=1%2C1%2C0.6%2C0.75%2C0.55%2C0.75%2C0.75%2C0.75%2C0.75&catalogNodes=532%2C567)** > > geo.admin.ch ist die Geoinformationsplattform der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft. // geo.admin.ch est la plateforme de géoinformation de la Confédération suisse. ![GIS_admin_soilRandeLab](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/hackteria/original/1X/303f29964e352c14c986c745b5897e4a15a8ec14.jpg) very nice and well described. most of the data seems to be modelled, not measured. and obviously only the fields not the forests are mapped sofar. ---
**Author:** ![julian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/julian/32/132_2.png) [@julian](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/julian)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/maps-and-gis-geeking/374/5 "2018-04-26T12:41:46Z")
For those interested in soil maps: Soil-Atlas (from the year of soil 2015) german > **[bodenatlas2015\_iv.pdf](https://www.boell.de/sites/default/files/bodenatlas2015_iv.pdf?dimension1=ds_bodenatlas)** > > 4.82 MB english > **[soilatlas2015\_web\_english.pdf](https://www.iass-potsdam.de/sites//default/files/files/soilatlas2015_web_english.pdf)** > > 6.16 MB ---
**Author:** ![julian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/julian/32/132_2.png) [@julian](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/julian)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/maps-and-gis-geeking/374/6 "2018-04-26T12:42:30Z")
Soil-Map Bavaria [www.umweltatlas.bayern.de/mapapps/resources/apps/lfu\_boden\_ftz](http://www.umweltatlas.bayern.de/mapapps/resources/apps/lfu_boden_ftz) ![soil%20atlas%20bavaria](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/hackteria/original/1X/320682252ebd2b728fa971901c763200553f4101.png) ---
**Author:** ![halle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a87d85/32.png) [@halle](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/halle)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/maps-and-gis-geeking/374/7 "2018-05-03T11:09:06Z")
Let’s have also a look at LASER SCANNING TECHNICS! A Laser Scanner is a very complex instrument and is resulting from of a very long history… > **[Theodolit](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodolit)** > > Ein Theodolit ist ein Winkelmessinstrument, das in der Geodäsie (Vermessungskunde) zur Messung von Horizontalrichtungen und Zenit- oder Vertikalwinkeln Verwendung findet. Hierzu wird er mittels eines Stativs lotrecht über einem Punkt aufgestellt. Eine Sonderform ist der Hängetheodolit, der im Bergbau eingesetzt wird. > Im Wesentlichen besteht ein Theodolit aus einem Gehäuse, dem Zielfernrohr, einem Vertikal- und einem Horizontal-Teilkreis und ein bis zwei Libellen. Letztere dienen zur lotrechten A... > **[Theodolite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodolite)** > > A theodolite (/θiˈɒdəˌlaɪt/) is a precision optical instrument for measuring angles between designated visible points in the horizontal and vertical planes. The traditional use has been for land surveying, but it is also used extensively for building and infrastructure construction, and some specialized applications such as meteorology and rocket launching. > It consists of a moveable telescope mounted so it can rotate around horizontal and vertical axes and provide angular readouts. These ind... …probably not in the range of DIY: might a provocation to say that… but let’s see. What is intersting to observe on the field of use of the laser scanners, that it is not only useful for the building and landscape industry but as well to observ the forest and messure CO2! few links to this OPERATION AREA “FOREST”: > > [http://de.euronews.com/2015/01/26/kohlenstoffspeicher-wald-unter-der-laser-lupe](http://de.euronews.com/2015/01/26/kohlenstoffspeicher-wald-unter-der-laser-lupe) > > [Einstein - Das Geheimnis der wilden Wälder - Play SRF](https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/einstein/das-geheimnis-der-wilden-waelder) > > [Wald 2.0 - Schweizer Forscher digitalisieren den Wald - Wissen - SRF](https://www.srf.ch/kultur/wissen/schweizer-forscher-digitalisieren-den-wald) > > [Sylvotheque](http://www.sylvotheque.ch/wiki/index.php?title=Hauptseite) > > [Sturmsicherer Wald - W wie Wissen - ARD | Das Erste](http://www.daserste.de/information/wissen-kultur/w-wie-wissen/sendung/2010/sturmsicherer-wald-100.html) I’d like to add to the scientific point of view the OPERATION AREA “DESIGN”: > > [A new measure of quality in landscape architecture – Topology – Professor Christophe Girot](http://girot.arch.ethz.ch/research/topology-a-new-measure-of-quality-in-landscape-architecture) > > [Unravelling the Digital Landscape – Professor Christophe Girot](http://girot.arch.ethz.ch/publications-conferences/events-conferences/unravelling-the-digital-landscape-lecture-by-christoph-girot-at-cca-6-october-2016) One of the TOOL DEVELOPER: > > [Leica Geosystems | Leica Geosystems](https://leica-geosystems.com/de-de/) so much so short, It’s meant to be a collection of a list of links to the soil geeking topic and an input to the discussion. Might there is contrary potential to look at and pick inspiration. Salome \* researching on perception of space and virutality: [Ausstellungen | Halle.li](http://halle.li/ausstellungen/) ---
**Author:** ![DrBrian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/drbrian/32/466_2.png) [@DrBrian](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/DrBrian)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/maps-and-gis-geeking/374/8 "2018-05-03T11:44:54Z")
Consumer Tech for Mapping …is in the range of DIY. #Kinect for terrainmapping 😉 Kinect (xbox360) [https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/manufacturing/3d\_sensing\_kinect-ing\_robots\_to\_their\_environment/](https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/manufacturing/3d_sensing_kinect-ing_robots_to_their_environment/) #Instructible Lazer + webcam + motor [http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Environment-Laser-Scanner-From-Scratch/](http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Environment-Laser-Scanner-From-Scratch/) Hope you will also be thinking about environmentatl robots.[[http://machinewilderness.net/](http://machinewilderness.net/)] ---
**Author:** ![halle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a87d85/32.png) [@halle](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/halle)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/maps-and-gis-geeking/374/9 "2018-05-03T12:59:19Z")
o wow o \* …hopefully exactly yes! ---
**Author:** ![dusjagr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/dusjagr/32/24_2.png) [@dusjagr](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/dusjagr)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/maps-and-gis-geeking/374/10 "2018-05-03T14:06:30Z")
I experimented with the Balloon mapping recently. but as i didnt bring any helium, maybe we can look into VVLS-mapping (Very very long stick) juuhuuuu. m ---
**Author:** ![punkish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hackteria.org/punkish/32/123_2.png) [@punkish](https://forum.hackteria.org/u/punkish)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.hackteria.org/t/maps-and-gis-geeking/374/11 "2018-07-30T11:59:36Z")
for geology mapping (and generally, for a cool website), check out [https://macrostrat.org/burwell/](https://macrostrat.org/burwell/) made by my friends (and former colleagues) at the University of Wisconsin. Many years ago (in 2011), I made its predecessor Earthbase (now offline as Macrostrat, while based on Earthbase, is much better)