Fwd: RE: [DDI-ADG] FW: Survey Research tools

Tue Nov 8 12:26:46 EST 2005

I think she meant this to go to the group but didn't "reply all."

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>Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:05:03 -0800
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>I just gave this all a quick read - will delve into it more deeply later
>today - but I definitely think this should go to Arofan.
>
>Ilona
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ddi-adg-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu
>[mailto:ddi-adg-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu] On Behalf Of Katherine
>McNeill-Harman
>Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 6:29 AM
>To: Mary Vardigan; Wendy Thomas
>Cc: ddi-adg at icpsr.umich.edu
>Subject: RE: [DDI-ADG] FW: Survey Research tools
>
>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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