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

Not just about software About theory, about basic, fundamental concepts
education vs. training

general coverage by necessity - GIS world is too big now term paper or project is opportunity to go in depth
online resources as well

However, please remember.

This is a slash course Some are advanced, others have no GIS experience and did not take GEO 365 This is a large enrollment course

Who Am I?
Over 20 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

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 New puppy Sally Arcade Fire, Weezer, Snow Patrol, Coldplay, The Shins, U2, 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

Textbooks
Required Text for Lecture
Geographic Information Systems and Science, 3rd ed. by Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, and Rhind

Textbooks
Required Text for Lab, 2nd half of term
GIS Tutorial 2: Spatial Analysis Workbook for ArcGIS 10, 2nd ed. by Allen

Textbooks
Optional and on reserve
Place Matters: Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation, and Management in the Pacific Northwest edited by Wright and Scholz

WHAT Will I Learn?

How GIS data are captured, stored, retrieved, displayed, & analyzed Where GIS and GIScience are going as a field GIS software and its functionality
Basics of ArcGIS 9 and ArcGIS 10

Where to go for more information

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 software skills

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

Bookmark this site!!!

www.geo.oregonstate.edu/ucgis

Labs
Teaching Assistants are Alexis Smoluk and Kelvin Raiford 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. (TBD) Section 12, W 3:00 - 4:50 p.m. (TBD)

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 1st half of term w/ArcGIS 9.3, 2nd half w/ArcGIS 10

Exams & Grades

GEO 465 Grades

GEO 465 Midterm (Feb. 3) = 30% Final (Mar. 16) = 40% Labs = 30%
Tests will be largely multiple choice due to large size of class

GEO 565 Grades

Midterm = 20% Final = 30% Labs = 20% Web Biblio/Term Paper = 30% Midterm = 20% NO FINAL Labs = 30% Mashup Project = 40%

think for yourself factor

465/565 Final Grades

Weighted Percentage 95-100 = A 90-94 = A85-89 = B+ 80-84 = B 75-79 = B70-74 = 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 MITs 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)

Geography of a Recession
http://bit.ly/3xsef0