Transcript lecture 10 ppt

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Fall 2013 (INF 385T-28620)
Dr. David Arctur
Research Fellow, Adjunct Faculty
University of Texas at Austin
Lecture 10
October 24, 2013
Term Projects
Outline: Term Projects
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Project motivation & ideas
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What brought you here?
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To the iSchool?
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To the LBJ School of Public Policy?
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To the McCombs School of Business?
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To the Jackson School of Geoscience?
What could you do now that will get you to
your next career? (except work on capstone)
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Ideas: What if… How can…
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The world is awash in data !!
 And getting more awashed every day…
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How can we better find what we need?
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How can we verify “truthiness”?
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How can we filter & even silence crap?
 And how are we to agree on what’s crap??
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How can we respond to threats & bullying?
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GIS Term Projects
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Should not be just about the data, but about
finding, transforming & using it to help others
What’s your story, who is it about, and
what do they need?
How did GIS make that easier and more useful?
Caution: many stories, many choices… just pick one!
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What world is this?
National Ecological
Footprints, 2003
GoodPlanet.org, Living Planet Report 2006, p.16
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Google Earth
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What could you build from common geodata portals?
How could they be improved for easier discovery & access?
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GEOSS: http://earthobservations.org
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SearchOGC: http://www.searchogc.com/Search.aspx
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US Census 2010 TIGER/Line data:
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles2010/main
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NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD):
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov
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NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC):
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/sets/browse
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Or… (see Resources page at syllabus site)?
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Could a TDL Research Wiki be used to encourage and
educate in use of geospatial resources across campus?
http://www.tdl.org/wikis/
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Help local nonprofit org’s
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CleanTX.org
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Pecan Street Project, pecanstreet.org
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Hill Country Conservancy, hillcountryconservancy.org
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Texas Freedom Network, tfn.org
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Others…?
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Hans Rosling: Stats that reshape
your worldview
http://www.gapminder.org/
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html (20 min)
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Gapminder desktop: 1800
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Gapminder desktop: 2013
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Dan Pink: What drives us…
http://www.TheRSA.org/events/rsaanimate/animate/rsa-animate-drive (10 min)
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