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Finding GIS Data and Preparing it for Use

Getting Ready for the Tutorial
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that are not relevant to you.
1. In your Web Browser, Go To the Map Collection Website, at

www.library.yale.edu/maps
2. Under the Quick Links section on the right,, Click on the Sign
up for the Yale GIS-L Mailing List link to go to the GIS-L
registration page.
3. Enter your Email Address and Choose a Password.
Note: We suggest that you not select the Daily Digest feature.
4. Click on the Subscribe Button to finish.
You should receive a confirmation email shortly afterward, with

instruction on how to use the GIS-L list.
Setting Permissions in Internet Explorer

1) First, if you are using Internet Explorer, you must add the census sites to your trusted sites list to allow downloads and
pop-ups for this exercise.
2) In Internet Explorer, go to Tools>Internet Options and click on the Security Tab.
3) Highlight the green Trusted Sites icon, and click the Sites button.
4) Uncheck the Require server verification

radio button.
5) Add
*.census.gov
*. usgs.gov
*.esri.com
to the Trusted Web Sites list
6) Click OK twice to exit the Security setting

dialog.
7) On the Main Menu, go to Tools>Pop-Up

Blocker>Turn Off Pop-Up Blocker.
The Yale Map Collection Stacey Maples GIS Assistant

At Sterling Memorial Library 203-432-8269 / stacey.maples@yale.edu
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ESRI Data & Templates

Default Template Sets
1. Start ArcMap from the Start>Programs>ArcGIS

Menu.
2. When prompted, Select Start Using ArcMap

with: a Template.
3. Select the USA Tab in the resulting Template

Selector Dialog.
4. Select NortheasternUSA.mxt.
5. Click Ok to Open the Template.
6. Select the Layout Zoom In Tool and use it to

Zoom Into The State Of Connecticut.
7. Save your Map Document (.Mxd) to your

C:\temp\your_initials\02-
Finding_Data_and_Preparing_It\ Folder,
naming it Finding_Data.mxd.
8. Switch to Data View, using the View Toolbar, at the bottom left corner of the Map Layout Display
Window.
9. Right-Click on the Data Frame Title, Northeastern United States and Open the Properties Dialog Box.
10. Select the Coordinate System Tab and Use the Select A Coordinate System Panel to Browse to
Predefined>Projected Coordinates
Systems>State Plane>NAD
1983>NAD 1983 StatePlane
Connecticut FIPS 0600.
11. Click Ok to Apply the New Coordinate

System to the Map Document.
Note that this Coordinate System has been

applied to the Map Document, rather than the
Layers within the document, whose
coordinate/projection systems remain. ArcMap
will now Display these Layers, and all
subsequently added Layers, using the State
Plane Coordinate by applying projection on the
fly.

Census Data Download and Import into

ArcGIS
Downloading Census Boundary Files from
ESRI
1. Open your Web Browser and Go To Google.Com.
2. Enter Esri and Census as your Search Terms and Click

the Search Button.
3. The first link returned should be Download Census

2000 Tiger/Line Data. Click on this link.
4. From the Select A State: Drop-Down, Select

Connecticut and Click on the Submit Selection
Button.
5. On the resulting page, Select New Haven from the

Select By County Drop-Down and Click the
Submit Selection Button.
6. On the resulting page, Select the Checkbox for

Block Groups 2000.
7. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the

Proceed to Download Button.
8. On the resulting page, Click on the Download File

Button.
9. Save the resulting file to your C:\temp\your_initials

\Data\Shapefiles Folder.
10. Browse to the C:\temp\your_initials \Data\Shapefiles

Folder.
11. Right-Click on the Downloaded *.Zip File and select

Extract All from the Context Menu.
12. Accept the defaults for Unzipping the file to a folder called
C:\temp\your_initials\Data\Shapefiles\.
13. This will result in another zip file, grp0009009.zip, which will have
to be extracted. Use the same procedure to extract the files to
the C:\temp\your_initials\Data\Shapefile Folder.
14. Return to ArcMap and Click on the Add Data Button.
15. Browse to the

C:\temp\your_initiials\Data\Shapefiles\tgr09009grp00.shp
File and Add it to the Map Document.
16. You will be presented with an error message indicating that the coordinate system of this file is not yet defined. Click Ok.

17. Open ArcToolbox using the ArcToolbox Button.
18. Click on the Search Tab at the bottom of the ArcToolbox and Enter Define as your
Search Term.
19. Click Search.
20. Double-Click on the Define Projection Tool from the Data Management Toolbox to
Open it.
21. Select the tgr09009grp00 layer from the Input Dataset Drop-Down.
22. Click on the Open Properties Button to Open

the Spatial Reference Properties Dialog Box.
23. Click on the Select Button and Browse to and Select

the Geographic Coordinates Systems>North
America>North American Datum 1983.Prj
Projection File.
24. Click Add.
25. Click Ok.
26. Click Ok to Define The Projection for the

tgr09009grp00.shp shapefile.
27. If you do not see the Tgr09009grp00 Layer overlay

properly, try using the Refresh Button, found on the
View Toolbar at the bottom left corner of the Map
Display
Window.

Downloading Census Attribute Tables from the

American FactFinder Website
Now we will use the American FactFinder to create a dataset with several
variables of interest.
1. Open the IE browser and go to www.census.gov.
2. GO to the American FactFinder Homepage
3. Under Getting Detailed Data Find the Decennial Census item and
Click Get Data.
4. Scroll Down and Check the Census 2000 Summary File

3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Checkbox.
5. Click on the Detailed Table Link.
6. On the resulting page, Click the Geo Within Geo Tab.
7. Set the Selection Method to:

Show me all: Block Groups
Within: County
Select a state Connecticut
Select a county New Haven
8. In the last Menu, Select All Block Groups and Click Add.
9. Once All Block Groups have been added, Click Next.
10. From the list of available attributes, Select those of interest (use the
CTRL key to select more than one).
11. Click Add.
12. Click Show Result.
13. At the top of the next page, Click on the

Print/Download>Download Link.
14. A Pop-Up Window will be presented, with option for download (you
will need to enable pop-ups for this function).
15. Scroll Down the page and find the item for Database compatible
(data rows only) downloads. Check the Microsoft Excel (.Xls)
Checkbox and Click the Download Button.
16. When prompted, browse to the C:\temp\Data\ folder , make a new

folder called Tabular and Save the output.zip File in it.
17. Once the download has completed, Browse to the

C:\temp\your_initials\02-
Finding_Data_and_Preparing_It\Data\Tabular folder and Unzip the
Contents of the file to the .\Tabular Folder.

Preparing the Data to be Joined to the

Boundary Files
1. Browse to the
C:\temp\your_initials\Data\Tabular Folder and
Open the dt_dec_2000_sf3_u_data1.xls file with
Microsoft Excel.
2. On the Main Menu, Go To Insert>Worksheet.
3. Double-Click on the Sheet1 Tab, at the bottom of

the New Worksheet, and Rename it Clean.
4. Return to the Original Worksheet, and Double-

Click on the Tab and Rename it Orig.
5. Click on the Upper-left cell (directly above the row

numbers) to select all records in the worksheet.
6. On the Main Menu, go to Edit>Copy, or use the

Ctrl-C shortcut to copy the selected records.
7. Switch to the Clean worksheet, and click on the Upper

left cell to select all cells in the worksheet.
8. On the Main Menu, go to Edit>Paste, or use the Ctrl-V

shortcut, to paste the copied records to the Clean
worksheet.
9. Right-Click on the 2 ant the far left of the second record

in the Clean worksheet and select Delete to remove the
entire row of descriptive names.
10. Save the changes to dt_dec_2000_sf3_u_data1.xls.
11. Close Excel.

Joining the Attributes Data to the Boundary File
12. Return to ArcMap.
13. Use the Add Data Button to Browse to the

dt_dec_2000_sf3_u_data1.xls file.
14. Double-click on the dt_dec_2000_sf3_u_data1.xls file to

Browse into it.
15. Select the Clean$ worksheet and Add it to ArcMap.
16. Right-click on the Tgr09009grp00 Layer and Select Joins

and Relates>Join
17. In the Join Data Dialog, Set the following:

Join attributes from a table
based on: STFID
table to join Clean$
field to base the join on GEO_ID2
18. Click OK.
19. Open the Attribute table for Tgr09009grp00 Layer to confirm

the success of the Join.
20. Close the attribute table.
21. Right-click on the Tgr09009grp00 Layer and go to

Data>Export Data
22. Change the coordinate system as: to the data frame.
23. Browse to the C:\temp\your_initials\Data\Tabular Folder and save it as

New_Haven_County_Block_Groups_Median_Household_Income_and_Race.shp.
24. Remove the Tgr09009grp00 Layer.
25. Remove the Clean$ Table.
26. Return to the Display Tab of the Table of Contents Panel.
27. Right-click on the New_Haven_County_Block_Groups_Median_Household_Income_and_Race layer and Open its

Attribute Table.
28. Confirm that the demographic variables successfully transferred to the new dataset.
29. Save you changes to the Map Document.
You should now have successfully joined the downloaded Census attribute data to the boundary file downloaded from ESRI. If
desired, you can apply Symbology to the resulting dataset for mapping the downloaded attributes.

Downloading Data from

the USGS Seamless Data
Distribution Website
Downloading from the Seamless Data
Distribution Website
The Seamless Data Distribution Website is

maintained by the USGS and is the primary
clearinghouse for raster data produced by
the USGS, including ortho-imagery, Digital
Elevation data, mosaics of Landsat
imagery and more. Once familiar with the
interface for the Seamless site, you should
be able to successfully navigate and use
many other ArcIMS-based data sites, as
they are based upon the same
architecture. In this exercise you will
download elevation data for the New
Haven, CT area.
1. Go to the USGS Seamless Data

Distribution Website at
http://seamless.usgs.gov/website/s
eamless/ and click on the View and Download United States Data, link at the right side of the page. Wait for the Map
to load.
2. By default, the Zoom Tool will be

active. Use it to zoom into New
Haven, CT. This may take several
Zooms.
3. On the right side of the Seamless

Application, look for the Download
tab and activate it.
Zoom Download 4. Scroll down the list (noting the

Tab available downloads), find the
Elevation Group and expand it (if not
already) by clicking on the triangle
next to the word Elevation.
5. Make sure the 1 NED item is

Define
checked, and that no other items are
Download
enabled.
Area
NED is the National Elevation
Dataset, which is a raster dataset that
describes the elevation at any given
Elevation point, at several different resolutions
(in this case ~30 meters). This type of
data is commonly referred to as a
Digital Elevation Model, or DEM.

6. Now click on the 1 NED layer name to open a description of the

layer in a new window.
7. Enable the Define Download Area Tool , under the Downloads

Menu and Drag a box across the city of New Haven to define area
of interest (AOI).
Note that the box will remain green unless the area you have defined
becomes larger that the Seamless Site allows (you can request up to
1.6GB, in 100MB files at once).
Once you release the mouse button, a new page will be opened in a
new browser window (you may have to enable pop-ups for the site).
This new window will provide some general info about the data you
have requested (projection, bounding coordinates, cell size, etc)
as well as Download Link Buttons to begin downloading the data to
your hard drive.
8. Click on the
Download Button
to post the data request to the server. Yet another window will be
opened, which indicates the Current Status of your request on the
server.
9. When the Save As dialog box opens, browse to the \Data\Raster

folder to save the file.
10. When the download is complete, browse to find the ZIP file you just
downloaded, right-click on it and Extract All.
11. The data will be extracted to a new subfolder called something like
ned_70561049. In the rest of this tutorial, this layer will be referred to
as ned_#######.
Applying an Appropriate Projection to You Data
Data does not always come in a ready to use format.

One common necessity is to apply a Projection to the
data, in order to transform the spatial reference from
angular Lat/Long coordinates to planar/linear units, such
as feet or meters. Here, you will project your Digital
Elevation Model to a projection that is appropriate for
applying calculations that assume the data is recorded in
linear units.
12. Open ArcMap.
13. Use the Add Data button to browse to the

folder containing your elevation data. There
should be two files there, one a polygon shapefile
named METADATA.shp, (which contains the
footprint of your elevation data, and its metadata),
as well a raster layer with a name similar to the
folder that contains it.

14. Select the ned_######## layer and add it to

ArcMap.
15. Right-Click on the ned_######## layer and select

Zoom to Layer.
16. If necessary, Drag the ned_######## layer above

you polygon layers, so that it is visible.
17. Right-click on the ned_######## layer and Open

its Properties Dialog box.
18. Select the Source Tab and scroll down to the

Spatial Reference information.
19. Note that there is no Linear Unit assigned to this

data. Scroll back up to the top and look at the
Cellsize (X,Y) item.
20. This data has a Cellsize of about 30 meters, but

here it is notes as 0.0002777777777999463. This
is because the data has not been projected and is
currently spatially referenced in latitude & longitude
coordinates, which are angular units of
measurement.
21. Click OK to close the Properties Dialog.
22. Open the ArcToolbox and search for

Hillshade. Open the Hillshade tool and use
your ned_######## Layer as the Input Raster.
Name the Output raster hillshade01 and place
i
t in the \Data\Raster folder. Change the Z factor option to 3 (this
exaggerates the elevation for a better visual quality). Click OK to
apply the tool.
When the tool is finished running, you should see a new layer in your Map
View window. However, the effect is has produced is not very attractive.
The Hillshade layer we have produced is very dark, and the topography it
has created seems far more extreme than we might have expected.
These poor results are related to what we observed earlier in the Spatial
Reference and Cellsize of our Digital Elevation Model. Creating a Hillshade
involves calculations that assume that the input parameters being used are
in linear units, rather than the angular units that we currently have. This
same problem would be true if we were to calculate slope, aspect and
many other mathematical operations we might want to apply to this
elevation data. What is necessary is that we Project our dataset from the
current Latitude & Longitude Coordinates, which locate features on the face
of the oblate spheroid that is the earth, to a projection that records our data
in linear measurements, as if the earth were flat.

23. Return to ArcToolbox and Search for Project Raster.

Open the tool and select your ned_####### layer as the Input
raster, Browse to your \Data\Raster folder and save the
Output raster as ned_proj. For the Output Coordinate
System, Click the Properties Icon to open the Spatial

Reference Properties Dialog Box. Click on the Select Button
and Browse to Projected Coordinate

Systems>State Plane>Nad 83> NAD 1983 StatePlane
Connecticut FIPS 0600.prj. Click Add. Click OK.
24. ArcToolbox adds the new layer to our Map Document.

Right-Click on the new ned_proj layer and Open the
Properties. Select the Source Tab and inspect the changes
to the Cellsize and Linear Units items.
25. Use the Hillshade tool again, using the new projected
elevation layer, to produce a new Hillshade Layer, called
hillshade_02. Be sure to set the Z Factor to 3, like before.
26. You should find that you now have a much more
pleasant looking result from the Hillshade Tool.
State Departments of Environmental

Protection
One of the best resources for obtaining GIS data, within the
U.S., is to check what is made available by state
Departments of Environmental Protection, or their
equivalent. Here you will download data from the
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protect and
prepare it for use in your ArcGIS project.
1. Open your web browser and go to

www.ct.gov/dep/
2. Click on the Maps & Spatial Data link,

at the right side of the page.
3. Click on the Spatial Data link at the

left side of the page.
4. Click on the GIS Data link at the left

side of the page.
On the resulting page you are presented with

dozens of layers of spatial data that are
downloadable and available for use in GIS
analysis. Each of these datasets also includes
a mage of Metadata for the datasets.
Find the
5. Find the Digital Orthophoto Quarter
Quadrangles datasets and click on
the dataguide link.

The resulting page provides information about the source

of this data, its publication and collection date, update
frequency, scale etc All of these pieces of information
are critical to your understanding of your data and its
relevance to your analysis. Always examine the
metadata of any GIS data you obtain from a third party. If
the Metadata is not available, you must seriously
question the accuracy of the data and verify its relevance
to your analysis, independently.
6. Return to the previous page, using the Back

Button on your browser.
7. Scroll down the page and examine the available

layers.
All of the datasets available on this page are either

compressed using the *.zip or self-extracting *.exe
format. These files can be downloaded and added to
your Map Document without processing other than
projection to a coordinate system or projection suitable
for your analysis.
Connecting to Networked Data Resources in

ArcMap
The Geography Network
ArcMap has built-in support for networked data sources. In fact, there is already at
least one networked data source already available in the ArcMap program, by
default. Here, you will connect to the Geography Network and add data to your
Map Document.
1. Return to ArcMap and click on the Add Data Button.
2. Click on the Look In: drop-down list and select the GIS Server Item.
3. Double-click on the Geography Network Services hosted by ESRI

Icon.
4. Scroll across the list of Data Services and Select the

EPA_Hazards_FS. Click Add to open the data service in ArcMap.
5. You will be warned about a coordinate system that does not match that
used in the Map Document. This is fine, for now, and you can click
close to go ahead and add the data.
Note that there are several types of Data Service provided from the
Geography Network server. The one you have added is a Feature Service. This type
of service allows you to work with the data as if it were on your own machine. You can
change the symbology; view the attribute table, etc One thing you cannot do is edit the
data, however. For this reason, you should probably subset the feature of interest using
selection methods, and export the data to a new data layer on your own machine. Th3e
Geography Network also provides access to Image Services that serve geographic data
that has been rendered at the server, then sent as a snapshot to ArcMap. This type of

service is useful for adding Canned data to your map document for use as background. Finally, the Geography Network also
contains a Metadata service, which you can connect to using ArcCatalog to examine and download the Metadata for the
services available.
6. Right-Click on the Hazardous Waste Generator

(EPA) Layer and Open the Attribute Table.
7. Note that the Feature Service allows you to examine

the data as if it were on your machine.
8. Close the Attribute Table.
9. On the Main Menu, go to Selection>Select by
Location.
10. Use the Selection Settings:

select features from
Hazardous Waster Generator (EPA)
that: intersect
features in this layer:
New_Haven_County_Block_Groups_Median_Household_Inc
ome_and_Race layer
Apply a buffer of: 500 Meters.
11. Click OK to close the Select by Location dialog and Apply the
selection.
12. Right-click on the Hazardous Waste Generator (EPA) Layer and go to Data>Export.
13. Check the data frame to use the coordinate system of the data frame
for export.
14. Browse to the C:\temp\your_initials\02-

Finding_Data_and_Preparing_It\Data\Shapefile\ Folder and save the
export file as Hazardous_Waste_Generator_EPA.shp.
15. When prompted, Add the exported data as a layer in the Map Document.
16. Turn off the visibility of the EPA_Hazards_FS Group by unchecking its
checkbox.
17. Save your work.

USGS Seamless Data Distribution

In the same way the Geography Network makes data available over the Internet, other data sources provide data services that are
accessible in ArcMap. One of the most useful is the USGS Seamless Data Distribution service. This service provides direct
access to the data that is accessible through the web browser interface.
1. Turn off the visibility of all Polygon Layers, using their checkboxes.
2. Click on the Add Data Button.
3. Return to the GIS Servers Item
4. Double-Click on the Add ArcIMS Server Icon.
5. Add the URL of the USGS Seamless Website:

http://seamless.usgs.gov/
6. Click OK.
7. You will be returned to the Browse Window and the

seamless.usgs.gov server will be added to the window. Double-
click on the seamless.usgs.gov server to browse into
its services.
8. Scroll across the services and select

USGS_EDC_Ortho_Landsat7.
9. Click Add to Add the Landsat7 Layer to your Map

Document.
10. Click Close when warned about the Coordinate

System.

Searching for Data

Most of the time, you will want to begin your GIS project by
searching for the data that is available to you for your area
of interest. The following points should help guide you in
your search for data.
Geodata.gov
The Geodata.gov site is a clearinghouse for all type of
Federal, State and local GIS data sources. It provides
searchable Metadata, and the ability to examine
discovered data in a built-in GIS data Browser.
1. Return to your Web Browser and go to

Geodata.gov.
2. Click on Show Advanced Search Options.
3. Use the My Geography Map at the right, to Zoom

into the state of Connecticut.
4. Check the Use My Geography checkbox.
5. Under Content Type, select Live Data & Maps.
6. Under Data Category, select Agriculture &

Farming.
7. Click on Search to query the database.
8. The first result returned should be USDA-FSA-APFO NAIP UTM Zone 18 ArcIMS Image Service. Click on the View
Metadata Button.
9. On the resulting Full Metadata, scroll to the bottom of the page and look for the ESRI Metadata section and the Server:
http://gdw.apfo.usda.gov item.
This is the server address that you can add to ArcMap as an ArcIMS Server. Once added, you should be able to browse into the
servers services and select the image for Zone 18 to add it to the Map Document.
10. Return to ArcMap and click on the Add Data Button.
11. Go to the Add ArcIMS Server item and Double-click on it.
12. Add the http://gdw.afpo.usda.gov/ server to ArcMap.
13. Browse into the http://gdw.afpo.usda.gov/ server, select and add the NAIP_UTM18 Service.
14. Remove or turn off the visibility of any layer obscuring the added data layer.
Google Search Strategies for Finding GIS Data

Google can be one of the more effective tools for searching for GIS data. Here are a few tips for effective GIS Data Googling:
o Add GIS and Data-Specific keywords to your Google Search (GIS Data, shapefile, cadastral, digital
elevation model, etc)

o ALWAYS inspect metadata for data discoveries and pay particular attention to collection date, scale and update
frequency. If these items are not available, contact the source of the data to confirm these Metadata items.
o Always obtain explicit permission to use data that is not expressly labeled as Public and Open.


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1. In your Web Browser, Go To the Map Collection Website, at

3. Enter your Email Address and Choose a Password.

4. Click on the Subscribe Button to finish.

You should receive a confirmation email shortly afterward, with

Setting Permissions in Internet Explorer

2) In Internet Explorer, go to Tools>Internet Options and click on the Security Tab.

4) Uncheck the Require server verification

6) Click OK twice to exit the Security setting

7) On the Main Menu, go to Tools>Pop-Up

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ESRI Data & Templates

1. Start ArcMap from the Start>Programs>ArcGIS

2. When prompted, Select Start Using ArcMap

3. Select the USA Tab in the resulting Template

5. Click Ok to Open the Template.

6. Select the Layout Zoom In Tool and use it to

7. Save your Map Document (.Mxd) to your

11. Click Ok to Apply the New Coordinate

Note that this Coordinate System has been

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Census Data Download and Import into

2. Enter Esri and Census as your Search Terms and Click

3. The first link returned should be Download Census

4. From the Select A State: Drop-Down, Select

5. On the resulting page, Select New Haven from the

6. On the resulting page, Select the Checkbox for

7. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the

8. On the resulting page, Click on the Download File

9. Save the resulting file to your C:\temp\your_initials

10. Browse to the C:\temp\your_initials \Data\Shapefiles

11. Right-Click on the Downloaded *.Zip File and select

14. Return to ArcMap and Click on the Add Data Button.

15. Browse to the

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17. Open ArcToolbox using the ArcToolbox Button.

19. Click Search.

22. Click on the Open Properties Button to Open

23. Click on the Select Button and Browse to and Select

24. Click Add.

25. Click Ok.

26. Click Ok to Define The Projection for the

27. If you do not see the Tgr09009grp00 Layer overlay

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Downloading Census Attribute Tables from the

1. Open the IE browser and go to www.census.gov.

2. GO to the American FactFinder Homepage

4. Scroll Down and Check the Census 2000 Summary File

5. Click on the Detailed Table Link.

6. On the resulting page, Click the Geo Within Geo Tab.

7. Set the Selection Method to:

9. Once All Block Groups have been added, Click Next.

11. Click Add.

12. Click Show Result.

13. At the top of the next page, Click on the

16. When prompted, browse to the C:\temp\Data\ folder , make a new

17. Once the download has completed, Browse to the

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Preparing the Data to be Joined to the

2. On the Main Menu, Go To Insert>Worksheet.

3. Double-Click on the Sheet1 Tab, at the bottom of

4. Return to the Original Worksheet, and Double-