Use
This section aims at facilitating and promoting the use and exploitation of National Hydro Network data. It includes user guides, use cases and other information, as well as links towards systems and tools allowing NHN data to be fully exploited.
User Guides
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Creating a Geometric Network in ArcGIS using NHN data, Edition 1.0, 2008-12-01 [pdf 1,22 MB]
From the NHN User Guide Series, this document describes Geometric Network concepts in the ArcGIS (ESRI) environment and a methodology to create one from NHN data using ArcGIS.
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Using NHN Data in File Geodatabase (FGDB) format with suggested ArcMap Project, Edition 1.0, 2010-02-01 [pdf 334 KB]
From the NHN User Guide Series, this document is about using NHN data in FGDB format in an ArcGIS (ESRI) 9.2 or better environment. It describes how to rapidly use and exploit NHN data with the ArcMap Project (".mxd" file) suggested below, which is specifically designed to facilitate working with NHN data in FGDB format according to a turnkey system approach.
- Suggested ArcMap Project : NHN-FGDB_ArcMap_Project.mxd [374 Ko]
NHN Data Use Cases
- Canada-U.S. Transboundary Hydrographic Data Harmonization Efforts Gain Momentum, December 2010, By Michael Laitta, GIS Coordinator and Physical Scientist for both the Canadian and U.S. Sections of the for the International Joint Commission (IJC)
- Geomatics to the Rescue of the American Eel, December 2010, By Sonia Trentin, Natural Resources Canada and Patrick Dupont, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Evaluating the propensity of saturation excess runoff using a topographic index (wetness index) with NHN and DEM GeoBase data, December 2008, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada and l'Institut national de la recherche scientifique [pdf 523 KB].
- Using RivEX and National Hydro Network Data to Classify Water Quality Stations by Strahler Stream Order, January 2009, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador [pdf 408 KB].
- River profile and kilometre points created using NHN data, February 2009, Hydro-Québec [pdf 1.62 MB]
- Using the National Hydro Network for watershed-based water management, September 2009, Conseil de gouvernance de l'eau des bassins versants de la rivière Saint-François (COGESAF) [pdf 4.03 MB].
- Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators, Water Quality Index Representivity Report, April 8, 2009, Statistics Canada [pdf 303 Ko].
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Tools
Free Data Viewers
Following are few links to freeware which can be used to display downloaded NHN data. However, take note that GeoBase does not endorse nor support any of these.
Software to Process and Manipulate NHN Data
Following are few links to software which can be used to manipulate downloaded NHN data. However, take note that GeoBase does not endorse nor support any of these.
- ArcGIS ESRI - GIS modeling and mapping software
- FME - Feature Manipulation Engine for viewing, translating, transforming, integrating and distributing spatial data
- OPEN JUMP - GIS software suite for viewing and manipulating spatial data
- MapWindow - Customizable and extensible GIS software
- PCI Geomatica - GIS modeling and mapping software
- RivEX - GIS River network tool
ESRI Tools
Take note that GeoBase does not endorse nor support any of these tools.
- ArcHydro ESRI - ArcHydro tools and documentation
The following tools are all available on ESRI Development Network (EDN):
- Set Flow by Digitized Direction tool for ArcGIS Geometric Network
- Individual Flow Direction tool for ArcGIS Geometric Network
- Flip Direction tool for ArcGIS
- Generate Stream Order for ArcView GIS
- Watershed Delineation Tools for ArcGIS
- Hydrologic Modeling tool for ArcGIS
Software of interest
Following are few links to software which can be complementary to previously listed software. However, take note that GeoBase does not endorse nor support any of these.