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This work was done by Anthony Beck, OrcID: 0000-0002-2991-811X.

This work was done for free because I want to see it in Open Street Map.

You can download the files from my anonymous ftp sites here: ftp://79.77.41.237/FTPBeck/Lazugh.zip.

Things for others to do and be aware of

• Sort out the projection
• Check that these file reflect the original data (i.e. validate this stuff)
  • Specifically check to see if the number of trees output represent the number of trees in the oroginal
• There are, inevitable, weirdnesses in the data. If you see the csv file you will find co-ordinates that are not in Luzugh. Not sure if I can do anything about this - I think it's an artifact of the way they did there CAD work.
• There are no attributes in the polygon shapefiles. I'm not that bothered. You may be
• The falaj system is currently as polylines (in Structure) you can export it as an individual thing. Do note that it does connect through to other landscape features (wells, cisterns, generators etc. ) - this connectivity has not been fully articulated (you are in a better position to do this than you were). BTW some of the falaj original survey is pretty poor).
• I'm happy to chat about this.

I will put this into Open Street Map once I've had initial feedback from you all. In OSM hopefully other people will sort out some of the problems/layering issues which means you will have a better base-map to work with :-)

Processing the Lazugh CAD survey

• Done in AutoCAD MAP
• All saved in Lazugh/CAD
• Open file "Survey drawing".dwg
• Document layer types and details (stored in WhatTheLayersMean.xlsx)
• Cleaned out extraneous rubbish (hatch layers etc) saved the layer as Survey_drawing_ARB_clean.dwg
• Created an autoCAD map query template linking to Survey_drawing_ARB_clean.dwg called LazughTemplate.dwg
• Pull out the groups as defined in the excell spreadsheet and process independently
• All further work saved in Lazugh/CAD/Derivatives

Processing the 3d data

Completed = Yes

Purpose

This data represents 3d point and breakline data suitable for producing a Digital Elevation Model within a GIS package.

Outputs

• 3d_Lazugh.dwg
• 3d_points.csv
• 3d_breaklines.shp
• 3d points.shp

Layers

• 3D breakline Line
• b break line Line
• SRF-FLT Line
• SURVEY DATA Point

Processing

• Template saved as 3d_Lazugh.dwg
• A Map query was run as 'Report'on the layer 'SURVEY DATA' reporting X, Y, Z to the file 3d_points.csv
  • This was saved as Lazugh_Report_Template.dwg
• A Map query was run as 'draw' on the following layers
  • 3D breakline Line
  • b break line Line
  • SRF-FLT Line
  • SURVEY DATA Point
• A visual inspection showed that SRF-FLT contained most of the breakline data (layers '3d breakline' and 'b break line' were deleted)
• The data was exported into the subfolder ShapeFiles:
  • Line geometry as 3d_breaklines.shp
  • Point geometry as 3d points.shp

Processing the Control data

Completed = Yes

Purpose

The survey company established 3d control points in the study area. These will be useful for future survey work.

Outputs

• Control_Lazugh.dwg
• Control_points.csv
• Control_points.shp

Layers

• BENCH MARK Point

Processing

• Using Lazugh_Report_Template.dwg
  • A Map query was run as 'Report' on the layer 'BENCH MARK' reporting X, Y, Z to the file Control_points.csv
• a copy of LazughTemplate.dwg was made and called Control_Lazugh.dwg
• A Map query was run as 'draw' on the following layers
  • BENCH MARK Point
• The data was exported into the subfolder ShapeFiles:
  • Point geometry as 3d points.shp

Processing the Falaj data

Completed = No - it has been incorporated into the SURFACE output (you can extract it from the LINE shapefile). I'd have liked tis to be prettier.... ho hum.

Purpose

The Falaj network in Lazugh.

Outputs

Layers

• 3d falaj centre line Line Falaj
• 3d falaj line Line Falaj
• NEW FALAJ 3d CENTRE line Line Falaj
• NEW FALAJ 3d CENTRE line Line Falaj
• Wash box Polygon Falaj
• Water pole Mixed Falaj
• Water tank Polygon Falaj
• Well Polygon Falaj
• CW Line Falaj?

Processing

• a copy of LazughTemplate.dwg was made and called Falaj_Lazugh.dwg
• A Map query was run as 'draw' on the following layers
• The data was exported into the subfolder ShapeFiles:
  • Point geometry as

Processing the Network data

Completed = Yes

Purpose

Road and track network data in Lazurgh

Outputs

• Network_Lazugh.dwg
• Network_Polygon.shp
• Network_Line.shp

Layers

• Asphalt Road Line
• TRACK ROAD Line

Processing

• A copy of LazughTemplate.dwg was made and called Network_Lazugh.dwg
• A Map query was run as 'draw' on the following layers
  • Asphalt Road Line
  • TRACK ROAD Line
• The polygon segments were closed
• Drawing cleanup was used to create topologically clean line segments
• Topology was created
• Closed polygons were created on the layer 'RoadPolygon'
• The data was exported into the subfolder ShapeFiles:
  • Polygon geometry as Network_Polygon.shp
  • Line geometry as Network_line.shp

Processing the Street Furniture data

Completed = Yes

Purpose

Street Furniture in Lazurgh

Outputs

• StreetFurniture_Lazugh.dwg
• StreetFurniture_Points.shp
• StreetFurniture_Points.csv

Layers

• BOLLARDS point
• EP Point
• FH Point
• LP Point
• PIPE point
• POLE point
• TP Point
• UGC Point
• VALVE02 Point
• Road Sign Board point

Processing

• A copy of LazughTemplate.dwg was made and called StreetFurniture_Lazugh.dwg
• A Map query was run as 'draw' on the following layers
  • BOLLARDS point
  • EP Point
  • FH Point
  • LP Point
  • PIPE point
  • POLE point
  • TP Point
  • UGC Point
  • VALVE02 Point
  • Road Sign Board point
• The layers were renamed to something sensible
• The data was exported into the subfolder ShapeFiles (layers was exported as an attribute):
  • Point geometry as StreetFurniture_Point.shp
• The X,Y, Z and Layer value were then exported as a re[port into StreetFurniture_Points.csv

Processing the Vegetation (including trees) data

Completed = Yes

Purpose

Exporting al the the vegetation areas as recorded in Luzugh

Outputs

• Vegetation_Lazugh.dwg
• Vegetation_Point.shp
• Vegetation_Point.csv

Layers

• BUSH Mixed
• DATES Point
• DATES DRY Point
• DATES MEDIUM Point
• DATES SMALL Point
• FLOWER Point
• LEMON TREE DRY Point
• TREE Point
• TREE ALLEE Point
• TREE ANAR Point
• TREE BANANA Point
• TREE COCONUT Point
• TREE GUVA Point
• TREE NEEM Point
• TREE ORANGE Point
• TREE PAPPAYA Point
• TREE SMALL Point

Processing

• A Map query was run as 'report' on the following layers exporting (X, Y, Z and Layer) into Vegetation_point.csv
  • BUSH Mixed
  • DATES Point
  • DATES DRY Point
  • DATES MEDIUM Point
  • DATES SMALL Point
  • FLOWER Point
  • LEMON TREE DRY Point
  • TREE Point
  • TREE ALLEE Point
  • TREE ANAR Point
  • TREE BANANA Point
  • TREE COCONUT Point
  • TREE GUVA Point
  • TREE NEEM Point
  • TREE ORANGE Point
  • TREE PAPPAYA Point
  • TREE SMALL Point
• This layer was edited in Open Office Calc. The following structural changes occured:
  • Z field removed
  • LAYER field renamed to ORIGINAL_LAYER
  • Fields PLANT_GROUP, SPECIES and CHARACTERISTICS added
• The following data was added (the first vale represents the value in OIRINGAL_LAYER)

ORIGINAL_LAYER	PLANT_GROUP	SPECIES	CHARACTERISTICS
BUSH	Bush	Unspecified	Unspecified
Dates	Tree	Date	Unspecified
DATES DRY	Tree	Date	Dry
DATES MEDIUM	Tree	Date	Medium
DATES SMALL	Tree	Date	Small
FLOWER	Flower	Unspecified	Unspecified
Lemon Tree dry	Tree	Lemon	Unspecified
TREE ALLEE	Tree	Allee	Unspecified
TREE ANAR	Tree	Anar	Unspecified
TREE COCONUT	Tree	Coconut	Unspecified
TREE GUVA	Tree	Guva	Unspecified
TREE LEMON	Tree	Lemon	Unspecified
TREE MANGO	Tree	Mango	Unspecified
TREE NEEM	Tree	Neem	Unspecified
TREE ORANGE	Tree	Orange	Unspecified
TREE UNSPECIFIED	Tree	Unspecified	Unspecified
TREE UNSPECIFIED SMALL	Tree	Unspecified	Small

• The csv data was imported into QGIS and then saved as a shapefile:
  • Point geometry as Vegetation_Point.shp

Processing the Structure data

Completed = Yes

Purpose

Exporting all the structure data recorded in Luzugh. The aim is to export this as polygons with real topology and lines for the non-polygon components. This may also include all the Falaj bits.

Essenitally this is a messy nightmare

Outputs

• Structure_Lazugh.dwg
• Structure_Lazugh_Cleaned.dwg
• Structure_Line.shp
• Structure_Polygon.shp

Layers

• All that I deem relevant

Processing

• A Map query was run as 'draw' on the following layers
  • All that I deem relevant
• Line only layers were seperated (and their layers prefixed with line)
• A blanket drawing cleanup (overlaps, duplicates, intersections etc.) was used to remove initial cruft
• Hand editing and closing of polygons (FALAJ in particular)
• Gave up on the FALAJ as it was just too much
  • put falaj into the lines component
• All saved as Structure_Lazugh_Cleaned.dwg
• Created topology
  • Saved the version with a topology file
• All saved as Structure_Lazugh_Cleaned_withTopology.dwg
• Closed polyline topology layers exported as shapefile
  • Structure_Polygon.shp
• Polyline data exportde as shapefile with Layer as attribute
  • Structure_Line.shp