The lists of available files from DevInfo for this region, filtered through various software packages including ESRI and Google Earth software, are given below (as they appear on the main Assessment page). For ideas of how to use them, please refer to the detailed, step-by-step, procedural guidelines farther down this page. The same strategy works for any region. |
DevInfo Indicators Available:
Raw .apr Files:
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ArcView
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ArcCatalog Projected Shape Files:
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ArcMap
9.2+ Set of Choropleth Maps from Shape Files: All
available indicators in a single file, mxd format
Raw .kml Files:
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Google Earth Edited .kml Files:
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SUMMARY OF CHAPTER CONTENT
SECTION 1: DEV
INFO
Figure 1.1: The goal here is to show the reader how to launch the DevInfo software, an associated database, and a set of indicators from the database. Figure 1.2: The goal here is to show the reader how to select time frames for analysis. Figure 1.3: The goal here is to show the reader how to select geographic regions for analysis. Figure 1.4: The goal here is to display the data selected for analysis of all indicators from Africa. Data is displayed both by country name and by indicator name. The latter display lets the user easily see which indicators have data associated with them. In this case, there are 8 different indicators: Maternal mortality
ratio
Prevalence of underweight (moderate and severe)--Percent, Total < 5 yr. Primary Completion Rate, Rate, Total Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles, Percent, Total 1 yr Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel, Percent, Total Proportion of population with access to improved sanitation, Percent, Total Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved water source, Percent, Total Under-five mortality rate, Deaths per 1000 live births, Total Figure 1.5: Here the reader is taken through an entire sequence of steps for extracting data for a single indicator and making a map from it. The map is exported to ArcView .apr format to be opened in the next stage in ArcView 3.x. Repeat this process for each indicator for which there is data.
SECTION 2: ARC VIEW 3.2/3.3 Figure 2.1: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to open, in ArcView 3.2/3.3, one of the raw .apr files created in DevInfo. Figure 2.2: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to launch, in ArcView 3.2/3.3, extensions to ArcView. One is selected that will be used to merge the layers. It is called the "Geoprocessing" extension. Figure 2.3: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to use, in ArcView 3.2/3.3, the Geoprocessing extension to merge layers to a single shape file. Figure 2.4: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to retrieve, in ArcView 3.2/3.3, the database, or "Attribute File," associated with a single shape file. Figure 2.5: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to edit, in ArcView 3.2/3.3, the database, or "Attribute File," associated with a single shape file and to add a new blank data field (column). Figure 2.6: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to fill a database field, in ArcView 3.2/3.3, with data converted to "number" format suitable for using to create choropleth maps. Figure 2.7: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to create a database field, in ArcView 3.2/3.3, in "string" format suitable for creating date fields for the time slider in Google Earth. Figure 2.8: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to fill a database field, in ArcView 3.2/3.3, in "string" format suitable for creating date fields for the time slider in Google Earth. Figure 2.9: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to change entries in a database field, in ArcView 3.2/3.3, using the "edit" button. Frequent use will be made of the Windows universal commands, on highlighted text, of "ctrl +c" for "copy" and "ctrl +v" for "paste." Figure 2.10: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to stop editing entries in a database field, in ArcView 3.2/3.3, and save them. Figure 2.11: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to save and exit in ArcView 3.2/3.3.
SECTION 3: ARC CATALOG
SECTION 4: ARC
MAP 9.X
Figure
4.1: The
goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to create a
choropleth map (ranged fill by data interval) from the edited .apr file
extracted originally from DevInfo.
Figure 4.2: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to begin to generate a kml file for Google Earth from a choropleth map (ranged fill by data interval) from the edited .apr file extracted originally from DevInfo. Figure 4.3: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader how to complete the generation of a kml file for Google Earth from a choropleth map (ranged fill by data interval) from the edited .apr file extracted originally from DevInfo.
SECTION 5:
GOOGLE EARTH
Figure
5.1: The
goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader one way to edit
files in Google Earth so that coplanar polygons are eliminated.
Figure 5.2: The goal of this sequence of images is to show the reader one way to save files in Google Earth so that they appear in Google Earth when it is opened again after having been shut down. Figure 5.3: The goal of this sequence of images is to suggest other ways to edit and save files in Google Earth so that they appear in Google Earth when it is opened again after having been shut down. Figure 5.4: The goal of this sequence of images is to show how to open a kml file directly in Google Earth. In previous Figures, Google Earth Pro was launched. Here, the free Google Earth is used. The strategy for opening files is the same in either version.
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