GEO 465/565 Geographic Information Systems and Science

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GEO 465/565Geographic Information Systems and
Science

• Tuesday/Thursday
• 1100 a.m. - 1150 p.m.
• Kelley 1001
• 4 credits

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Dr. Dawn Wright

• 114 Wilkinson Hall
• dawn_at_dusk.geo.orst.edu
• http//dusk.geo.orst.edu
• Office Hours
• Tuesdays/Thursdays
• 1215 - 115 p.m.
• or by appointment

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Focus of the Class

• Not just about software
• About theory, about basic, fundamental concepts
• education vs. training
• general coverage by necessity - GIS world is too
  big now
• term paper or project is opportunity to go in
  depth
• online resources as well

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However, please remember.

• This is a slash course
• Some are advanced, others have no GIS experience
  and did not take GEO 365
• This is a large enrollment course

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Who Am I?

• Over 20 years of GIS experience
• B.S. in Geology
• Wheaton College in Illinois
• M.S. in Oceanography
• Texas AM
• Ph.D. in Physical Geography Marine Geology
• UC-Santa Barbara

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• Application and analytical issues in GIS for
  oceanographic data
• data modeling, analysis, conversion, metadata
• Seafloor mapping and interpretation
• volcanic, hydrothermal, tectonic processes
• analysis and interpretation of camera,
  submersible, bathymetric data
• Geography of cyberspace, web GIS
• Marine sanctuaries, protected areas

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Some Committee Involvement

• Certificates in Geographic Information Science
• www.geo.oregonstate.edu/gcert
• University Consortium for Geographic Information
  Science
• Association of American Geographers Coastal
  Marine, GIS, Cyberinfrastructure specialty groups
• American Geophysical Union Earth Space
  Informatics, Tectonophysics sections

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Other Interests

• Snoopy, Calvin and Hobbes comics
• Building Legos
• Competitive cycling
• Animation / Art House films
• Pasta
• New puppy Sally
• Arcade Fire, Weezer, Snow Patrol, Coldplay, The
  Shins, U2, Erasure, Moby, Celtic music

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Who Are YOU??

• On the Sheets Provided
• Your name email address
• Your CLASS level and Major
• Your comfort level with computers
• Scale of 1 to 5
• Learning styles
• Your expectations for this class
• (i.e., what do you want to get out of this class,
  besides a good grade??)

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Learning Styles

• You may be interested in the web site test at
• www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?pquestionnair
  e
• study strategy helpsheets that apply to your own
  learning preference, and may thus help you to
  further succeed in this course, as well as others

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Textbooks
Required Text for Lecture
Geographic Information Systems and Science, 3rd
ed. by Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, and Rhind
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Textbooks
Required Text for Lab, 2nd half of term
GIS Tutorial 2 Spatial Analysis Workbook for
ArcGIS 10, 2nd ed. by Allen
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Textbooks
Optional and on reserve
Place Matters Geospatial Tools for Marine
Science, Conservation, and Management in the
Pacific Northwest edited by Wright and Scholz
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WHAT Will I Learn?

• How GIS data are captured, stored, retrieved,
  displayed, analyzed
• Where GIS and GIScience are going as a field
• GIS software and its functionality
• Basics of ArcGIS 9 and ArcGIS 10
• Where to go for more information

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Web Site - Syllabus
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HOW will I learn ?

• Warning 2 quarters crammed into 1
• Ideal learning via The Matrix?

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Learning Outcomes

• Understand, articulate, demonstrate
• GIS theory and methods
• GIS ANALYSIS (more than getting data in and
  displaying it)
• Simple spatial analysis
• Geographic Information Science
• Basic software skills

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Internet Access

• Web Site of the Week
• dusk.geo.orst.edu/gis

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Bookmark this site!!!

• www.geo.oregonstate.edu/ucgis

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Labs

• Teaching Assistants are Alexis Smoluk and Kelvin
  Raiford
• Lab sessions are in Wilkinson 210
• Section 10, T 100 - 250 p.m. (Both?)
• Section 11, W 1000 - 1150 a.m. (TBD)
• Section 12, W 300 - 450 p.m. (TBD)
• No labs this week!!

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Labs (cont.)

• Purpose is to give you a BRIEF hands-on
  experience
• what software can do
• what problems can be solved
• longer learning curves in reality
• 1st half of term w/ArcGIS 9.3, 2nd half w/ArcGIS
  10

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Exams Grades
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GEO 465 Grades

• GEO 465
• Midterm (Feb. 3) 30
• Final (Mar. 16) 40
• Labs 30
• Tests will be largely multiple choice due to
  large size of class

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GEO 565 Grades

• Midterm 20
• Final 30
• Labs 20
• Web Biblio/Term Paper 30

• Midterm 20
• NO FINAL
• Labs 30
• Mashup Project 40

think for yourself factor
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465/565 Final Grades

• Weighted Percentage
• 95-100 A
• 90-94 A-
• 85-89 B
• 80-84 B
• 75-79 B-
• 70-74 C
• 65-69 C
• No competition between students

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Questions??
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Storytime

• An aviatrix was piloting a hot air balloon. She
  ran into some unexpected weather and was blown
  about for a long time. When the weather cleared,
  and she was able to descend, she had no idea
  where she was.

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As she came down, she saw someone immediately
below her and yelled, Where am I?
You are 75 feet above my head.
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You must be an economist.
Because what you have just told me is
perfectly accurate, but perfectly useless!
How did you know?!?
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Moral of the Story...

• Location, no matter how precisely specified, is
  sterile in and of itself.
• Context determines whether or not knowledge of
  location is invaluable. . . .
• -- Ron Abler, former executive director of the
• Association of American Geographers

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Computing is not about computers anymore. It is
about living. -- Nicholas Negroponte,
Founding Director of MITs Media Lab. Being
Digital (1995), p. 6.
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GIS is not about systems anymore. It is about
geography. ( and about geographic
DATA) -- Keith Clarke, Director, National
Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
(NCGIA)
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Geography of a Recession

• http//bit.ly/3xsef0