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

• this class is about theory, about basic,
  fundamental concepts
• education vs. training
• general coverage by necessity - GIS world is too
  big now
• term paper or project is your opportunity to go
  in depth
• on-line resources as well

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ESRI Virtual Campus (software training)FREE
subscriptions to OSU students

• training.esri.com
• ArcGIS 9
• Geodatabase Basics
• ArcIMS
• ArcGIS Extensions
• Map Projections
• Disaster Mgmt.
• MUCH more!

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Free VC courses for OSUwww.geo.orst.edu/esri/esri
_distrib.htmlvc

• get course access code(s) from
• Michelle Kinzel
• kinzelm_at_geo.oregonstate.edu

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Bookmark this site!!!

• www.geo.oregonstate.edu/ucgis

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Who Am I?

• over 15 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
• Lydia (my dog)
• 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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REQUIRED Textbook
Geographic Information Systems and Science, 2nd
ed. by Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, Rhind
Optional Textbook

• Place Matters Geospatial Tools for Marine
  Science, Conservation
• edited by Wright and Scholz

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Optional workbook Getting to Know ArcGIS 2nd
ed. includes v. 9.3 CD-ROM
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WHAT Will I Learn?

• An overview of GIS and GIScience
• GIS software and its functionality
• analysis
• How GIS data are captured, stored, retrieved,
  displayed, analyzed
• Where GIS and GIScience are going
• Where to go for more information
• How to use a basic GIS (ArcGIS 9)

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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-intermediate software skills

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Internet Access

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

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Labs

• Teaching Assistants are Tracy Kugler and Kendra
  Hatcher
• Lab sessions are in Wilkinson 210
• Section 10, T 100 - 250 p.m. (Both)
• Section 11, W 1000 - 1150 a.m. (Kendra)
• Section 12, W 300 - 450 p.m. (Tracy)
• 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
• will follow lectures
• ArcGIS 9 labs
• vector, raster, analysis, ArcSDE, one GPS

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Exams Grades
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GEO 465 Grades

• GEO 465
• Midterm (Feb. 5) 30
• Final (Mar. 16) 40
• Labs 30

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GEO 565 Grades

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

• Midterm 20
• NO FINAL
• Labs 30
• Analy. 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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