‘GIS & CAD for Svalbard’
‘RAW STUDIO’ | Topic Studio: ‘Exploring the Afterlife of Coal Extraction on Svalbard’ Course responsible: Thomas Juel Clemmensen | Type of Course: 20 ETCS (1st semester) / 24 ETCS (3rd semester) – Master of Landscape Architecture at the Kunstakademiet of the UiT [Norges Arktiske Universitet] | Workshop Digital Tooling: Marc Ihle
Students of the Course: Jasmin Berger, Anne-Catherine Goebbels, Airiin Lehtmets, Enrique Molins Castillo, Thomas Friis Rasmussen, Nasim Sadeghpour Boroujeni, Chaozhong Shi, Weiwei Schuai, Josephine Sophie-Charlotte Zorowka, Aaron Feicht, Milena Sontowska, Nicolene McKenzie, Noah Stutchbury
The Digital Landscape of Svalbard
A Workshop in IV Parts
by Marc Ihle
Part I: ‘QGIS & Open Source Geo Data Portals’ | Part II: ‘Svalbard- ‘TDIM’ – Terrain Design Information & Speculative Trajectories of Natural Dynamic Processes | Part III: Altered Terrain Part II & Rapid Prototyping of small-scale Physical Models/Samples | Part IV: Digital Fabrication;
PART I of IV
(September 16th – 17th 2019)
‘QGIS & Open Source Geo Data Portals’
Finding, Downloading, Linking & Mapping Data; Import/Export Functions for Different Formats and Data Types (Raster, Vector, Table)
Exploring the Digital Terrain of Svalbard via QGIS. Layering of Geo-Data; Accessing with QGIS a local Database or connecting to WMTS and ArcGIS-Map-Server online services. Custom Previewing Options for Raster- and Vector-data; adjustment options of symbology and graphical appearance, such as transparency-, stroke-, colour-, custom-gradient-ramps-, points- and blending mode settings; Grouping and Layer Organisation/Hierarchy in the Layer-Manager; Setting and Changing the CRS (Custom Referencing System); Clipping of Data with precise coordinates; extracting layer extends and custom interval contour lines; saving Vector Data as SHP-Files to local GIS-Database and as DXF-Files to CAD Import location Folder; saving Raster data as ASCII-Files to CAD Import location Folder; exporting SHP-Files and importing them in Illustrator with precise location and scale.

PART II of IV
(October 7th – 11th 2019)
’Terrain Design Information & Speculative Trajectories of Natural Dynamic Processes’
Parametric Data Mapping / GIS to CAD / 2d to 3d / Simple Protocols of Transformation, Rotation and Scale
Creating a ‘Svalbard-TDIM’ (Terrain Design Information Model) for a specific Project/Geo-location & Territorial Extension; Clipping Data and extrapolating Terrain Attributes using SagaGIS and Terrain Analysis Modules; Creating an Attribute Table and storing calculated attributes to XY-coordinates/cells within a raster/grid/database; Exporting Geo-Data in different Formats to a CAD Import Folder Location; Creating of custom ‘3d-terrain-informed-planes’ orienting Geometry in normal direction to the terrain; decomposing a mesh; Accessing Attributes/Information such as: Solar Potential, Wind Exposition Index, Water Accumulation and Flow Direction Index, Topographic Wetness Index, Slope, Aspect, etc.; Calculating, filtering and applying of basic protocols of transformation, rotation and scale; Reconfiguration of the existing Digital Terrain Model through parametric interaction; altering the Terrain-Fabric, -Identity and -Conditions (DTM); Creation of a New Re-configured Database; Calculating and highlighting of differences of change with the Original Data; Understanding Terrainmodification as a tool to redirect dynamic trajectories of natural processes and thus transform Terrain not just in its physical 3 dimensional appereance but in its ability to accomodate different Properties.
PART III of IV
(October 21st – 25th 2019)
’Altered Terrain Part II & Rapid Prototyping of small-scale Physical Models/Samples’
Parametric Data Mapping; Rapid Prototyping
Calculating, filtering and applying of further protocols of transformation, rotation and scale; reconfiguration of the existing Digital Terrain; Setting Attractors and Calculation of Distances & Influences; Buffering Values; Digital Terrain Manipulation through simple scripting techniques / addressing the local database; processing Data for Digital Fabrication; Creating Test Files for Laser-Print, feeding Information of results back to the digital Model; adjustments specific to material properties
PART IV of IV
(November 4th – 8th 2019)
’Digital Fabrication & Optimizing Processes for Laser-Printing’
Preparing Digital Models for Laser-Print; Exploring other forms of Digital Fabrication (e.g.: 3d-print)
Data Sources:
https://data.npolar.no/home/ | https://kartkatalog.geonorge.no/search | https://www.kartverket.no/data/
Asplan Viak AS:
Webservice / Sites:
- Geonorge | Svalbard [web & download]
- norgeskart – bakgrunnskart Sjøkart
- norgeskart – bakgrunnskart Landkart
- Svalbardkartet.npolar.no
- Toposvalbard.npolar.no
ArcGIS-Map-Server & WMTS:
- NP Ortofoto Svalbard WMTS to copy: https://geodata.npolar.no/arcgis/rest/services/Basisdata/NP_Ortofoto_Svalbard_WMTS_25833/MapServer/WMTS/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml?
- NP_Satellitt_Svalbard_WMTS_25833 link to copy: https://geodata.npolar.no/arcgis/rest/services/Basisdata/NP_Satellitt_Svalbard_WMTS_25833/MapServer/WMTS/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml?request=GetCapabilities&service=wmts
Temadata
- Temadata Svalbard Vegetation (map server)
- Temadata Svalbard Ferdsel (map server)
- Temadata Svalbard Historiske Is-Grenser (map server)
- Temadata Svalbard Naturmiljo (map server)
- Temadata Svalbard Isbreer Overflatetyper og utstrekning
- Temadata Svalbard Samfunn
- Temadata Svalbard Geologi_Svalbard_S250
- Temadata Svalbard Geologi Raster
Barentsportal
- https://geodata.npolar.no/arcgis/rest/services/ArcticSDI/ArcticSDI_NO_SVA/MapServer
- https://geodata.npolar.no/arcgis/rest/services/Barentsportal/Pollution/MapServer
Basisdata
- https://geodata.npolar.no/arcgis/rest/services/Basisdata_Intern/NP_TopoSvalbard_Basiskart/MapServer
- https://geodata.npolar.no/arcgis/rest/services/Basisdata/NP_Basiskart_Svalbard_WMTS_25833/MapServer
Download:
- Svalbard DTM [5m 20m 50m] Source: Norwegian Polar Institute | Norwegian Polar Data Center
- Geonorge | Svalbard
- Kartverket.no
Raster Sample Data Download:
Vector Data > download from GeoNorge
Geonorge | Svalbard – Geonorge | Svalbard | Dataset
Software:
- https://qgis.org/en/site/ | download: QGIS winOS_64.exe_v3.8 | QGIS macOS v3.8
- http://www.saga-gis.org/en/index.html | download: SAGA – 7.2.0
- https://github.com/espena/sosicon |download SOSI Converter: sosicon_v1.0_gui_setup_x64 | DMG archive for OSX <= 10.11