1. Introduction to Location Data
In this exercise, you will review a number of GIS-related sites, and prepare for later modules by downloading some spatial data.
1.1. Review sites
in AppStream, open the Chrome browser and look at the following sites, to give you some ideas about location data and how itâs used:
[site 1]
[site 2]
[site 3]
Go to this site [site 4], and download xxx to your Home Folder as a shapefile
Go to this site [site 5], and download xxx to your Home Folder as CSV (Comma Separated Values)
See if you can find location data relevant to your field by Googling - if you can, download it to your Home Folder