GEO 580 Advanced Applications of GIS in the Geosciences

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GEO 580AdvancedApplications of GIS in the
Geosciences

• Monday/Wednesday
• 600 - 730 p.m.
• Digital Earth (Wilk 210)
• 4 credits

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Or Geo580guest (login password)
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Dawn Wright
dawn_at_dusk.geo.orst.edu twitter.com/deepseadawn
Office Hours Mondays/Wednesdays 114 Wilkinson
Hall 150- 250 p.m.
TA
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Course Web Sitehttp//dusk.geo.orst.edu/buffgis
GEO 580 Discussion Board geo580_at_lists.oregonstat
e.edu
Sign-up and Web
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Textbooks

• Required
• Geographic Information
• Systems and Science
• by Longley, Goodchild,
• Maguire, Rhind, 2nd edition

Modeling Our World by Zeiler
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Optional
Arc Marine GIS for a Blue Planet by Wright et al.
Designing Geodatabases by Michael Zeiller
Map Analysis Procedures and Applications in GIS
Modeling by Joseph Berry, completely online
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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)
• Completion of Labs 1-3 is still required
• poster or web site, 10-20 page paper, and 10-15
  min. presentation during Dead Week
• No FINAL

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Option 2 - Proposal

• (1) Experience - Your previous PROJECT experience
  with GIS (via 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 and anticipated steps.
• "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

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Project Options (cont.)

• dusk.geo.orst.edu/buffgis/project.html
• Select option by end of Add-Drop period
• Friday, April 10, 2009 (including Option 2
  proposals)

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Milestones

• Option choices - April 10th
• Required intro. exercise on ArcGIS data model
  schema - due date April 29th
• Mid-Term exam April 29th
• Final exam - June 8th, 600-800 p.m.

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Grading

• Option 1
• Mid-Term - 30
• Final - 30
• Labs 1-6 Data Model - 40
• Option 2
• Mid-Term - 30
• Labs 1-3 Data Model - 20
• Project - 50

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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

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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

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What Will You Learn?

• Technical
• Broaden knowledge of ArcGIS 9
• Apply GIS methods to problem-solving / project
  completion
• Work toward professional level GIS skills

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GISystems, GIScience and GIStudies
GISystems
GIStudies
GIScience
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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.)
• 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

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G. I. S. ?

• Geographic Illusionary System
• GRASS Interpolates Sushi
• Gastro- Intestinal Sophistication
• Geometrically Increasing Silliness
• Going In Style
• Gee, I'm Spatial!

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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 while also
• Sharing resources, working in groups

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Opportunities

• ESRI User Conference. Every year in San Diego.
• July 9-13
• Student assistantships, regional meetings as well
• ESRI Recruiting
• See card on bulletin board next to my office
• GIS in Action Conference
• April 21-22 in Vancouver, WA
• www.orurisa.org/events/gisinact/2009event
• Other opportunities posted to geo580_at_lists.oregons
  tate.edu