[DDI-ADG] FW: Survey Research tools

[Katherine McNeill-Harman]

I do.

At 08:14 AM 11/8/2005 -0500, Mary Vardigan wrote:
>A lot of this document relates to data collection procedures, which will
>be dealt with in another module, but the point | line | polygon issue
>seems important. Do you think we should pass this on to Arofan?
>
>Mary
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wendy Thomas [mailto:wlt at pop.umn.edu]
>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:57 PM
>To: Katherine McNeill-Harman
>Cc: Mary Vardigan; ddi-adg at icpsr.umich.edu
>Subject: Re: [DDI-ADG] FW: Survey Research tools
>
>
>You remember the point | line | polygon debate from discussion of the
>original proposal for geography submitted at the time the bounding box
>was
>added. At that time we tried to get this information into the DDI so
>that
>we could indicate the geographic level of the data. I don't remember why
>it was not accepted but most likely because there was not a collective
>understanding of how this would be used.
>
>coverage areas (whether they consist of point line or polygon data) are
>polygons. Thats what we were describing.
>
>Wendy
>
>On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Katherine McNeill-Harman wrote:
>
> > Mary,
> >
> > I'm not quite sure whether what we've already proposed covers all they
> > discuss.  The Geographic Coverage/Bounding Box was supposed to be the
>link
> > to FGDC.  I guess a main point is the DDI's ability to define a
>geographic
> > area by either a) a constructed area (e.g. political or other
>boundary) or
> > b) an arbitrarily-requested geographic area (point, line, user-defined
> > polygon (like agricultural plot in their scenario)).
> >
> > I guess maybe a question is how well we allowed for points or lines
>(not
> > just polygons).  I can't seem to find that explicitly in the geography
> > spreadsheet, but thought I remembered us discussing it.  Anyone
>remember?
> >
> > Kate
> >
> > At 04:44 PM 11/7/2005 -0500, Mary Vardigan wrote:
> >
> > >Dear ADG Working Group members,
> > >
> > >I just received the attached information about spatial data from the
> > >Spatial Analysis Unit at UNC and am not sure how it fits in with what
>we
> > >have proposed in terms of geography. Is there anything in this
>document
> > >that we should pass on to inform the creation of Version 3.0? The
>group at
> > >UNC is very eager to have the DDI expand to cover spatial data
>effectively.
> > >
> > >Mary
> > >
> > >----------
> > >From: John Spencer [mailto:spence2 at email.unc.edu]
> > >Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 2:22 PM
> > >To: Mary Vardigan
> > >Subject: Re: Survey Research tools
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Mary and others,
> > >Here is the document I wrote with Phil Page (the director of the
>Spatial
> > >Analysis Unit here at CPC) that outlines some scenarios where spatial
>data
> > >was part of a survey and key things we'd need to know to use the data
> > >effectively. What we tried to do was present the things that we'd
>want to
> > >know if we were presented with spatial data from the scenarios. Each
> > >scenario reflects examples we have encountered here at the Spatial
> > >Analysis Unit. Our assumption was that the spatial component
>corresponded
> > >to one (or more) records in the database. I should point out, that
>this
> > >assumption is by no means the only way spatial data could be
>associate
> > >with a survey. There could be contextual information that's
>integrated
> > >with the survey that comes from spatial databases, e.g. Census, Land
> > >Cover, Elevation, etc that is at the survey level and not at the
> > >respondent level.
> > >
> > >Anyway, hope this helps clarify some issues. I think the addition of
> > >spatial data capabilities would represent a valuable advancement for
>DDI.
> > >If you have any questions or would like more information, or if
>there's
> > >additional help I can provide, just let me know.
> > >
> > >John
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >John Spencer
> > >Senior Spatial Analyst
> > >Carolina Population Center
> > >University of North Carolina
> > >123 W. Franklin St.
> > >Chapel Hill, NC 27516 USA
> > >919.966.1721
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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>Wendy L. Thomas                          Phone: +1 612.624.4389
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Katherine McNeill-Harman
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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