This class is about

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This class is about

• GIS applications for environmental modeling

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As the syllabus says

• You should learn ...
• Method design in the lectures
• Method implementation in the labs

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So you have learned

• Method design
• Viewshed analysis
• t test and logistic regression
• Hands-on GIS skills
• ArcMap, ArcCatalog, etc.
• But the experience of managing a project counts,
  and counts more

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What experience?

• Come up with a project on your own
• Design the method
• Collect data
• Implement the project
• Report it
• These experiences are most valuable

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Learn how to learn

• ArcMap are one-time skills
• Know how to learn is a life-long benefit
• Those who know how to learn are always ahead

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You Are

• Willing and driven
• That is exactly what ESRI likes about the
  Buffalo Mafia and that is why the employers
  wanted to come back
• Curious to learn
• This is a critical quality the employers look
  for, including the academic employers
• Able to compete on the job market

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So ...

• You can walk on the water now

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But ...

• Before you do that, I would recommend that you
  save your visuals in a portfolio for job
  interviews and so on. They look great.

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Beyond this class

• For those who head to the job market
• Programming
• GEO555, GEO655, and a workshop on Web GIS
• For those who want to wait a couple years
• Programming
• Of course the graduate students need more
  theoretical stuff

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Way beyond this class

• Self starter
• Network of support group
• Long hours
• Good at computers
• Good physical and mental health

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By the way,

• Your presentations are impressive
• Id like to have 5-8 slides from each of you, on
  the same day you submit your final paper
• Submit your paper to a folder called Final
  Paper in UBLearns
• Submit your slides to PPT in UBLearns

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What are in the 5 slides?

• Slide 1 project title, your name, geo559 or
  479
• Slide 2 objectives / method design
• Slides 3 -6 impressive stuff
• e.g. data layers and intermediate and final
  results
• Slide 8 has to be 3D!

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• Good luck with your career