2. Agenda
How is GIS applicable as a tool1
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MapInfo Pro Discover3D in Wind Energy Resources
Introduction to MapInfo Suite of Products1
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3. MapInfo Pro Discover3D in Wind Energy Resources
What is MapInfo Pro Advanced?
•Next generation raster GIS capabilities
– Provided as an add-on to MapInfo Pro.
– Runs with the 64 bit version of MapInfo Pro.
•Innovative new grid format and high performance engine
– Full featured raster GIS capabilities
– Great performance with very large grid files.
• Takes advantage of industry standard compression methods
• Efficiently displays data at all zoom levels ("pyramiding")
– Support for both numeric, classified (categorical) and
imagery data in the same file.
4. MapInfo Pro Advanced
• Ability to work with Raster Data.
• Examples: DTM, DEM, Grid, Images, Satellite Imagery, LIDAR, ASCII,
DT1, DT2, etc.
• Any GIS activity pertaining to Raster datasets – MapInfo Pro Advanced
can be used.
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5. Raster GIS and Vector GIS
Raster GIS
Vector GIS
Objects/entities with
associated data
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6. Features of MapInfo Pro Advanced
1. Conversion of Data Formats – Converts Raster data into other Raster
Formats.
Application:
Data sources can be varied, using this tool, data from different sources can
be converted to single format and streamline the work.
Industry Examples:
a) Remote Sensing Application Centers
b) GIS Departments
c) Wind Energy, Geothermal Energy
d) Oceanography and Fisheries
e) Risk Insurance and Disaster Mitigation
f) Forestry and Forest Fire Safety
g) Agriculture
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7. 2. Create Raster – Allows to create a raster file from point datasets collected
from various sources.
Application – Point data collected from field surveys or LIDAR data can be
called in the software and used to create a surface layer for further analysis.
Industry Examples:
a) Remote Sensing Application Centers
b) GIS Departments
c) Wind Energy, Geothermal Energy
d) Oceanography and Fisheries
e) Risk Insurance and Disaster Mitigation
f) Forestry and Forest Fire Safety
g) Agriculture
Features of MapInfo Pro Advanced
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8. Features of MapInfo Pro Advanced
ElevationIncidents
HotspotDensity
InverseDistance
Weighting
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9. 3. Clip a Raster – Allows the user to clip the raster to rectangle or any
shape.
Applications: Defined boundary extents of the raster can be taken out for
further analysis.
Industry Examples:
a) Agriculture
b) Forestry
c) Urban Planning and Development
d) Mineral Exploration
e) GIS Departments
Features of MapInfo Pro Advanced
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10. 4. Merge – Combine multiple or adjacent raster files to a single file
Applications: In case of huge areas with multiple raster datasets, it is
required to view all files together, using this operation all files can be
merged to a single file.
Industry Examples:
Features of MapInfo Pro Advanced
a) Agriculture
b) Forestry
c) Wind Energy, Geothermal Energy
d) Urban Planning and Development
e) Mineral Exploration
f) GIS Departments
g) Risk Evaluation and Disaster Mitigation
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11. Features of MapInfo Pro Advanced
Numeric grids
As the name implies, numeric grids use numeric values. This type of grid can be
used to represent data that varies continuously across an area.
Examples:
1) Elevation
2) Air temperature
3) Wind Strength
4) Noise levels
5) Pollution readings
6) Rainfall
7) The slope (steepness) of terrain
8) Radio signals
9) Geophysical data.
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12. 5. Rasterize – Converts a vector to a numeric or classified raster
Applications: Converts the vector maps to a classified raster which can store
attribute values, or numeric raster to store number values.
Industry Applications:
a) Agriculture
b) Urban Planning and City Development
c) Telecom
d) Forestry
Features of MapInfo Pro Advanced
An example of a classified grid. This is called a land
use/land clutter grid. One use for this is in wireless
telecommunications companies. It is used in combination
with elevation data in the algorithms calculating radio wave
propagation, and it is also used when comparing signal
strength with areas where people live, work and commute.MapInfo Pro Discover3D in Wind Energy Resources
13. 6. Contours – Connects data in the raster file with same values with a line.
Application – To generate contours for elevations or soil sampling values.
Industry Examples:
a) GIS Departments
b) Wind Energy, Geothermal Energy
c) City Planning, Road and Railway Departments
d) Forestry/Agriculture
e) Soil Sampling, Chemical Sampling Laboratories
f) Telecom
g) Military, Armed Forces
Features of MapInfo Pro Advanced
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14. 7. View shed Analysis –Identify locations on a raster that are visually
connected to a single or multiple observer locations.
Industry Examples:
a) Telecom
b) Wind Energy
c) City Planning and Urban Development
d) Electric Companies
e) Defense
Features of MapInfo Pro Advanced
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15. MapInfo Pro Raster summary of capabilities
Grid information
Powerful display options – colour gallery
and hill shading
Import/Export grids from a
variety of formats
Combine (merge), resize, reproject,
classify/reclassify and clip grids
Update points, lines and regions with data from your grids
Grid calculator for querying, filtering and performing grid math
Calculate slope, aspect and curvature grids
Contouring
Create grids from region data (rasterize)
Calculate viewsheds and cross-sections
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16. Industry Examples for MapInfo Professional Advanced
• Public sector: Use elevation grids to analyse areas at
risk of flooding.
• Insurance: Risk analysis. Map perils/hazards in
relation to policies.
• Public Safety: Inform crime reduction programmes by
using "hot spot" mapping techniques.
• Retail: Optimise site planning and perform market
analysis.
• Wireless telecommunications: Analyse wireless
coverage in relation to population to find gaps,
improve services and improve profitability.
• Engineering and infrastructure: Analyse accessibility,
water levels and other environmental factors while
planning a new road or other infrastructure project.
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17. MapInfo Pro Advanced in Telecom
Demographic analysis Analyse healthy vegetation (NDVI) Visibility/viewshed analysis
Hotspot mapping Terrain (slope, aspect, curvature) Flood risk
MapInfo Pro Advanced – example uses
19. Dealing with High Resolution Country Level Data
MapInfo Pro Advanced (MRR)
Entire Country wide grids opened instantly
Point info results reported back instantly
Physical grid size reduced dramatically
Based on artificial dataset
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20. How is GIS as a tool applicable to Wind
Energy Resources?
• GIS can be used for wind energy planning to determine whether there is adequate wind energy at a
site as well as whether the landscape and land-uses are appropriate for wind
turbine developments.
• To determine which sites are preferable, variables of interest are treated as distinct layers in MIPro
Advanced, and areas that are unsuitable for wind turbine development become evident.
• Working with existing database, manage database, acquisition of data, data validation, convert
data into formats for use.
• Map generation for various audiences and purposes:
Identification of Greenfields
Competition Analysis
Land securing Analysis
Development Agreements
Environmental Constraints Evaluation
Evaluate Wind Farm Layouts.
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21. • MI Discover3D is used to generate maps from field data to analyze the greenfield sites, Wind data,
Topography, Environmental Constraints, both in 2D and 3D environments.
• Creation of Land Administration Maps from cadastral data.
• Wind Turbine Positioning: Wind Resource vs Topography vs Environmental Constraints vs Economic
Costs
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22. • Initial Design and Evaluation of access roads comprises of:
LIDAR Data
Slope Evaluation
Vegetation Analysis using High Resolution Imagery
• Substation Positioning
Topological Analysis
Water Features
Turbine Locations
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