GEO 465 565 Geographic Information Systems and Science Tuesday Thursday

GEO 465/565 Geographic Information Systems and Science Tuesday/Thursday 11: 00 a. m. - 11: 50 p. m. Kelley 1001 4 credits

Dr. Dawn Wright 114 Wilkinson Hall dawn@dusk. geo. orst. edu http: //dusk. geo. orst. edu Office Hours: Tuesdays/Thursdays 12: 15 - 1: 15 p. m. or by appointment

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

ESRI Virtual Campus (software training) FREE subscriptions to OSU students training. esri. com Arc. GIS 9 Geodatabase Basics Arc. IMS Arc. GIS Extensions Map Projections Disaster Mgmt. MUCH more!

Free VC courses for OSU www. geo. orst. edu/esri_distrib. html#vc get course access code(s) from Michelle Kinzel kinzelm@geo. oregonstate. edu

Bookmark this site!!! www. geo. oregonstate. edu/ucgis

Who Am I? over 15 years of GIS experience B. S. in Geology Wheaton College in Illinois M. S. in Oceanography Texas A&M Ph. D. in Physical Geography & Marine Geology UC-Santa Barbara

Application and analytical issues in GIS for oceanographic 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

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

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, U 2, Erasure, Moby, Celtic music

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? ? )

Learning Styles You may be interested in the web site test at www. vark-learn. com/english/page. asp? p=questionnaire 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

REQUIRED Textbook Geographic Information Systems and Science, 2 nd ed. by Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, Rhind Optional Textbook Place Matters: Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation … edited by Wright and Scholz

Optional workbook: “Getting to Know Arc. GIS” 2 nd ed. includes v. 9. 3 CD-ROM

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 (Arc. GIS 9)

Web Site - Syllabus

HOW will I learn ? Warning: 2 quarters crammed into 1 “Ideal learning” via The Matrix?

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

Internet Access “Web Site of the Week” dusk. geo. orst. edu/gis

Labs Teaching Assistants are Tracy Kugler and Kendra Hatcher Lab sessions are in Wilkinson 210 Section 10, T 1: 00 - 2: 50 p. m. (Both) Section 11, W 10: 00 - 11: 50 a. m. (Kendra) Section 12, W 3: 00 - 4: 50 p. m. (Tracy) No labs this week!!

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 Arc. GIS 9 labs: vector, raster, analysis, Arc. SDE, one GPS

Exams & Grades

GEO 465 Grades GEO 465 Midterm (Feb. 5) = 30% Final (Mar. 16) = 40% Labs = 30%

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

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

Questions? ?

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.

As she came down, she saw someone immediately below her and yelled, “Where am I? ” “You are 75 feet above my head. ”

“You must be an economist. ” “How did you know? !? ” “Because what you have just told me is perfectly accurate, but perfectly useless!”

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

“Computing is not about computers anymore. It is about living. ” -- Nicholas Negroponte, Founding Director of MIT’s Media Lab. Being Digital (1995), p. 6.

“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)