diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a7d0fc7 --- /dev/null +++ b/.vscode/settings.json @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +{ + "esbonio.sphinx.confDir": "" +} \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/docs/Understanding-FLINT/data-preparation/index.rst b/docs/Understanding-FLINT/data-preparation/index.rst index 64f3900..2d2b544 100644 --- a/docs/Understanding-FLINT/data-preparation/index.rst +++ b/docs/Understanding-FLINT/data-preparation/index.rst @@ -79,8 +79,12 @@ through: Raster ~~~~~~ -Rasters are a format of spatial files where data is divided evenly into -individual pixels. For the FLINT the raster files must be able to be +Rasters are a format of spatial files, and are composed of square pixels +of equal size. Each pixel is assigned a value. Some raster file formats +are JPEG, JPG, TIFF etc. GeoTIFFs, commonly used in GIS, +are TIFF files that contain spatial reference information. +To represent continuous features like elevation, temperature etc, rasters are preferred. +For the FLINT the raster files must be able to be queried through two means – through specific coordinates as well as through an index. @@ -102,10 +106,12 @@ without compromising the processing capacity. Vector ~~~~~~ - -Vectors are also a format of spatial files for GIS, however, unlike -rasters, the information relates to points, lines or polygons, rather -than pixels. For the FLINT, as a minimum, vector files must…..[TBC] +Vectors are another format of spatial files for GIS. They are composed of +points, lines and polygons which are generated by a set of commands or +mathematical statements. The Shapefile format is a popular geospatial vector data format. +To represent discrete features like a river, road, building etc, +vectors are preferred. +For the FLINT, as a minimum, vector files must…..[TBC] SQL Database (Relational) Structured Query Language (SQL) database is a relational database, meaning that the data is in tabular format, where diff --git a/docs/test.rst b/docs/test.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2a3d450 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/test.rst @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +TESTING +########################## + +This is a test page +----------------------------- + +I would like to contribute to moja global's documentation and make it more accessible to people all around the world \ No newline at end of file