1. Winter 2011 GIS Institute Welcome and Introductions

2. Institute Partners Library EarthLab Sociology Biostatistics Population Studies S4 Winter 2011 GIS Institute

3. Institute Instructors Tom Stieve, Social Science Data Librarian, Rockefeller Library Lynn Carlson, GIS/Systems Manager, EarthLab Crystal Linkletter, Biostatistics John Logan, S4/Sociology Rachel Franklin, S4/PSTC Winter 2011 GIS Institute

4. Who takes the Institute? Participants this time around come from all over campus: – Economics – Community Health – Joukowsky Institute – Political Science – Sociology – Ecology & Environmental Biology – History – Center for Environmental Studies – Library – Office of Environmental Health & Safety – Education Winter 2011 GIS Institute

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7. Institute Goals To give you the knowledge and analytical tools to: – understand how space/geography play a role in your research and discipline – incorporate spatial questions into your research – Feel comfortable (or at least moderately at ease) using spatial analysis tools to answer your research questions, where appropriate Winter 2011 GIS Institute

8. What Does this Really Mean? Understanding the characteristics of spatial data and what makes these data special Making maps – Reference maps, exploratory analysis, etc. Creating spatial indices or variables – Distance, accessibility, etc. Spatial analysis – Point pattern analysis, least-cost path analysis, spatial statistics, etc. Winter 2011 GIS Institute

9. How We’ll Accomplish our Goals Lectures, starting in about half an hour Hands-on tutorials and practice working with ArcGIS Presentations by students and faculty Individual projects and final presentations Winter 2011 GIS Institute

10. Importance of Space & Geography Space can be thought of as the organization of objects in space – Are points (people, gas stations, or farmhouses) uniformly distributed across space or do we identify patterns? – Can we identify empirical regularities regarding flows of information, people, or things across various distances? – This is where a lot of geographical theory comes in… Geography – or place – has to do with the characteristics of a specific location and those characteristics are related to a particular phenomenon Often, we’re interested in both – everything takes place somewhere Winter 2011 GIS Institute

11. Institute Capstone: Presentations The first week of the Institute will be spent mainly on learning The second week is spent on individual project work, applying what you’ve learned Last day of Institute  Mini Conference – Abstracts due to me via email by this Friday COB – 10 minute presentations – Invite your friends! Winter 2011 GIS Institute

12. Agenda for Today Break Participant Introductions Space, Geography, and GIS Walk to CIT 265 Lunch Introduction to GIS Library Reception (whew...) Winter 2011 GIS Institute