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GEO 580
Advanced
Applications of GIS in the
Geosciences
Monday/Wednesday
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Digital Earth (Wilk 210)
4 credits
Dawn Wright
[email protected]
737-1229
Office Hours:
Mondays/Wednesdays
114 Wilkinson Hall
1:50- 2:50 p.m.
TA
What Will You Learn?
{ see learning outcomes on syllabus }
• Theoretical
– broaden base of GIS theory established
in GEO 465/565
– build entry points into GIS research
literature
– cover sets of topics in GIS research &
practice, with a focus on the geosciences
/ coastal & marine sciences
What Will You Learn?
• Theoretical
– consider expanded capabilities of GIS in
more detail and relate them to YOUR
current work
– rethink the characteristics of spatial data,
of spatial analysis procedures
– all about putting technology to work
EFFECTIVELY
What Will You Learn?
• Technical
– Practice w/ Windows XP as a working
environment for GIS
– build a base of knowledge in ArcGIS 9
– apply GIS methods to problem-solving /
project completion
– work toward professional level GIS skills
Textbooks
Required:
Geographic Information
Systems and Science
by Longley, Goodchild,
Maguire, Rhind, 2005, 2nd edition
1st edition works too
Modeling Our World
by Zeiler, 2001
Optional
Designing Geodatabases
by Michael Zeiller, 2004
Map Analysis: Procedures and Applications
in GIS Modeling
by Joseph Berry, completely online
Required Project - 2 options
• Option 1 - LABS
– Tuesday labs in ArcGIS
– ArcGIS data models, spatial analysis, networks,
surfaces, digitizing, metadata
– Take FINAL exam
• Option 2 - analytical project
– apply course concepts to your own project (thesis or
dissertation)
– poster or web site, 10-20 page paper, and 10-15 min.
presentation during Dead Week
– No FINAL
Option 2 - Proposal
• (1) Experience - Your previous experience with GIS (previous
GIS coursework?, previous GIS experience during an internship
or job?)
• (2) Analysis - The question or problem that you would like to
address during your analytical project.
– "I am studying a species of salamander in the WA Cascades, the Van
Dyke's salamander. I am doing a habitat association, model building
exercise. What are the difference in habitat between streams and
seeps where the salamander was detected compared to those where
the salamander was not detected? I would like to take the
opportunity available in this class to explore differences in these sites
on a landscape level. I will compare sites where the salamander
was vs. was not detected at the watershed level, using GIS layers
supplied to me by the Gifford Pinchot NationalForest. I will choose
two variables to compare: watershed size above the location of each
site, and dominant seral class (or canopy closure) on the watershed
level.”
• (3) Data - If not already mentioned above, state where you hope
to obtain your data if you don't have it already
Project Options (cont.)
• dusk.geo.orst.edu/buffgis/project.html
• Select option by end of Add-Drop period
• Friday, April 14, 2006 (Option 2
proposals)
Milestones
• Required intro. exercise in ArcGIS - April
21st
• Required intro. exercise on ArcGIS data
model schema - due date May 3rd
• Mid-Term exam - May 3rd
• Final exam - June 12th, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Grading
• ArcGIS Lab 1 and data model exercise - 10%
• Mid-Term - 25%
• Project Option 1 / Final - 45% / 20%
• Project Option 2 / Presentation - 45% / 20%
Survival Skills
• Follow lecture material
• Keep up with reading in BOTH textbooks
• Proficiency in Windows XP, ArcGIS 9, and
HTML
• Save early - save often
• Lab notebook (“cookbook”) approach
• Build self-help capability
• Share resources
GEO 580 Discussion Board
[email protected]
Please put your email address
on signup sheet
Web
Opportunities
• ESRI User Conference. Every year in San Diego.
August 7-11
regional meetings as well
• ESRI Recruiting
See card on bulletin board next to my office
 GIS in Action Conference
Going on now in Portland
www.orurisa.org/events/gisinact/2006event
Other opportunities posted to
[email protected]
What Kinds of Jobs Exist in GIS?
• (1) System developers
– highest level of technical skills
– programmers in Visual Basic, Java, C++, C#,
Python, UML, Visio, CASE
– 1,000 people
• (2) System maintainers
– moderate to high technical skills
– modify existing code in Visual Basic, Java,
Python
– 10,000 people
What Kinds of Jobs Exist in GIS?
• (3) System users
– moderate technical skills
– know how to use the tools
– familiar with the technical issues
– know the application domains
– work for univ., corp., govts.
– 100,000 people
• (4) General public
– minimal to moderate technical skills
– Know how to use some tools
– 1,000,000 people
Success as (3) System User?
• the basic principles (GIS education)
– still there when the software changes
• how to be a demanding skeptic
– demand better documentation
– reliable and accurate results
– fixes for bugs
• what GIS means
– what the data mean in the real world
– what operations mean
GISystems, GIScience and GIStudies
GISystems
GIScience
GIStudies
GISystems, GIScience and GIStudies
• GISystems (GIS)
– Emphasis on technology and tools
– “GIServices”
– Implements storehouse of GISci knowledge
• GIScience (GISci)
– Fundamental issues raised by the use of GIS and related
technologies (e.g.)
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Spatial analysis
Map projections
Accuracy
Scientific visualization
– Systematic study of the use of geographic information
• GIStudies (GISt?)
– how systems and science are embedded in a
societal context, applications
G. I. S. ?
• Geographic Illusionary System
• GRASS Interpolates Sushi
• Gastro- Intestinal Sophistication
• Geometrically Increasing Silliness
• Going In Style
• Gee, I'm Spatial!
Hands-on practical training?
• software changes often (every 2 years)
• hands-on experience
– reinforces basic principles
– encourages you to be a demanding skeptic
– encourages thinking about what GIS means
ArcGIS 9
ArcTools 9 w/in ArcGIS
ARC/INFO, ArcInfo
• the workhorse of GIS
• the engine behind ArcGIS
• command-line interface
– required syntax
– difficult to use
ArcInfo 9
• “easy-to-use” version
• several hundred person-years invested
• complete rewrite, first since 1980
– version 7 became “ArcInfo Workstation”, the
core of ArcGIS 8 and 9
– ArcInfo Desktop, WIMP, wizards
– ArcView is now a subset in ArcGIS 9, along with
ArcInfo, ArcSDE, ArcIMS, ArcObjects, etc.
– bugs in ArcGIS 8 worked out?
– Reworked labs in ArcGIS 9 w/Oregon data
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