Need a geography head

Flamed Diving

Hello,

Say if I wanted to accumulate all of the Koppen-Geiger classifications for just Argentina, how would I pull that out of the dataset? Surely there is an easier way than going through each lat/long observation provided until I have fenced the country in?

SeaFields

Would G.I.S be any good to you?

If you had the Koppen-Geiger classification in a raster map and isolate a raster of Argentina, multiply one by the other and hey-presto. I imagine the Koppen-Geiger classification would be available in a G.I.S map somewhere. In my old department we had plenty of datasets like that for undergrad teaching.

I think this is what you are trying to do?


Any fair play as regards a geography forum!

Flamed Diving

The KG data comes in GIS format, but I only messed around with it and couldn't get it to open. I have no experience with GIS, so if the cost of learning is high I will have to do without.

By the way, add a voice of support to the thread, thats how you get these things through!

SeaFields

Its not the hardest thing to do in the world.

I imagine you are trying to open the KG map? That wont work. Its more than likely in a layer file in which case you add it to an empty map. Gimme a few minutes and I'll screen grab what to do to open it.

Edit - your sig for the geog forum is gone? Throw up the link or point the direction and ill add my support

Flamed Diving

Thanks!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055824148

SeaFields

Here we go. Open ArcMap and select "A new empty map".

Click the highlighted symbol ("add data") and navigate to your dataset
(see pic )

That should open it for you!