GEOG 3 ENVS3414PADM 435 Introduction to GIS

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GEOG 3 /ENVS3/414/PADM 435Introduction to GIS
Online Course at Roosevelt

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Session Objectives

• 1. To give present objectives and intended
  learning outcomes
• 2. To outline where the course fits in overall
  GIS program,
• 3. To overview the course, individual session
  structure, course progression, class
  expectations, learning outcomes, outputs and
• 4. To define GIS

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Intended Learning Outcome

• Be able to understand the syllabus and curriculum
• Understand responsibilities, expectation and be
  ready to pro-actively plan to attain objectives,
  and
• Understand what GIS is.

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Presentation I Outline

• Course objectives
• Intended learning outcomes
• Course overview,
• Individual session structure,
• Course progression, class expectations and,
  outputs
• Course and GIS certificate program and
• Definition GIS and scope of GIS

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Course Overview
The course is a 12 week long 3 Credit-hour course
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Weekly Online Session Structure

• Learning of concepts and principles
• Made easy lessons
• Reading assignments
• Online discussion
• Development of Skills
• Hands-on assignments
• Graded assignments
• Instructor Facilitation
• Made easy lessons
• Example/demonstration
• Online discussion moderation
• Connecting weekly lessons and skills to learning
  outcome
• Application Connection/Self-evaluation
• Weekly self-assessment
• Discussion-based lessons learned folios

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Course Progression, Expectations and Outputs

• Progression
• Assignments/ Exercises
• Midterm
• Project
• Final exam
• Expectations
• Instructors See survival strategies
• Students Please email me so that I can
  accommodate them as far as practicable
• Outputs
• GIS application plan. This will be draft that you
  will refine and implement in the next course.

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Definition of Science

• Methodological activity, discipline or study
• An activity that requires study and method
• Knowledge gained through experience

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Definition of GIS

• Definition of GIS
• "A system of collecting, storing, analyzing,
  and disseminating information about areas of the
  earth
• GIS consists of
• hardware,
• software,
• data,
• people, organizations and institutional
  arrangements (Dueker Kjerne, 1989)
• Includes use of global positioning systems (GPS),
  remote sensing and geographic information systems.

• Key components of a GIS are
• data input
• data management
• data processing
• analysis and modeling and
• data output
• Geographic Inquiry Process
• ask,
• acquire,
• explore,
• analyze and
• act

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Geographic Inquiry

• Geographic Inquiry and information application
  process
• Ask
• Acquire
• Explore,
• Analyze and
• Act

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GIS Tasks

• GIS-based Directives Development
• Management
• Educational
• Policy
• GIS-based Observations and Modeling
• Integrated Assessment and Synthesis
• Prediction
• Scenario Generation
• Comparative modeling
• Baseline /Bench Marks
• Outlook
• Monitoring and refinement

• GIS-Application Development
• Thematic Applications
• Map and displays
• Policy analysis
• Management decision making
• Communication and extension
• Matching GIS Knowledge to Focus Group Problem
  solving
• Marketing Research Approach

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GIS Tasks (Contd.)

• Trans-disciplinary GIS-applications
• Integrated tools
• Integration of Qualitative methods
• GIS in Teaching, extension, outreach
• Focus group curriculum
• Policy forums
• Stakeholders dialogues
• Publications

• Use of GIS in Risk and uncertainty analysis
• GIS Implementation
• Action plan
• Networking plan
• GIS-focused Research collaboration and networking
• Agency perspective
• People-centered

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Web resources

• http//www.gis.com/some cool sites that do GIS
  over the Web
• http//www.mapquest.com
• http//www.esri.com and try the live demos
• sites of some major GIS software vendors
• http//www.esri.com, http//www.intergraph.com
• http//www.autodesk.com
• some other introductions to GIS
• USGS GIS Tutorial - http//www.usgs.gov/research/g
  is/title.html
• The Geographer's Craft - http//www.utexas.edu/dep
  ts/grg/gcraft/notes/intro/intro.html
• Nick Chrisman's "What is GIS?" -
  http//faculty.washington.edu/chrisman/G460/Lec02.
  html
• ESRI's About GIS - http//www.esri.com/library/gis
  /abtgis/what_gis.html
• The Essential Guide to GIS - http//giswww.kingsto
  n.ac.uk/ESGUIDE/start.html
• "What is GIS?" from Australia -
  http//www.dlsr.com.au/whatgis.htm
• check the GIS magazine websites listed above

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Recommended Further Readings
http//www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u002/