Geospatial Data Curation Toolkit

This repository contains a collection of python scripts and ArcGIS tools to help prepare spatial data for archiving or sharing.

Features

generalTools

• Batch unzip folders (i.e. extract zipped shapefiles)

shapefileTools

• Create an inventory of a folder of shapefiles and their fields for a readme .txt file
• Check whether the shapefiles in a directory have the same projection and file extensions

geodatabasefileTools

• Create an inventory of data layers/fields in geodatabases for a readme .txt file
• Check whether the layers in a geodatabase have functionality that would be lost or altered if converted into shapefiles

Requirements

For general curation tools:

• Python 3 (tools built with version 3.7.11)

For tools dealing with shapefiles:

• Python 3 with the additional python library gdal

OR

• OSGeo4W Shell (available with download of QGIS)

For tools dealing with geodatabases:

• ArcGIS Pro (tools built with version 2.9.0)

Author

Melinda Kernik - University of Minnesota Borchert Map Library

License

This project is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Acknowledgements

• University of Minnesota Libraries
• The Data Curation Network
• the Geo4Lib community