1. GEO 596: Internet Mapping and Distributed Geographic Information Services Ming-Hsiang Tsou mtsou@mail.sdsu.edu Department of Geography San Diego State University SDSU Ed Center Faculty Fellowship, 2002

2. Web-based Lectures and Labs http://map.sdsu.edu/geo596 http://map.sdsu.edu/geo596 On-line lecture notes On-line lab instructions On-line discussion forum Individual Student Web pages Group Project Web Pages Design with Internet Map Servers.

3. Why Web-based Lecture/Lab Exercises? Easy update information. I can modify the contents of notes one hour before the lecture. Students can access on-line Internet mapping examples with the lecture/lab instructions. Paper free (Except for the lab grading). Multi-media Enhancement. (Flash animation, Mpeg movies…) No TA for this course.

4. Implementation Strategy Creating a Web Server (located in my office, SH326) http://map.sdsu.edu/geo596 Settings of Student’s Web Accounts on the Server 25 students account and web folders 8 group project accounts and web folders Implementation of ESRI ArcIMS 3.1, ServletEngine, ASP, etc. Settings of GIS lab workstation in SAL lab (with help from our lab managers) Installation of ArcIMS Manager on each local machine Installation of VRML players, MapGuide Viewer, IMS Viewer.

5. Lectures/Lab (Software: FrontPage XP)

6. On-line Forum ( http://map.sdsu.edu/forum/)

7. Student Web Sites and Graduate Assignments

8. Student Group Projects

10. The Next Step Upgrade the ArcIMS 3.1  4.0 (during the summer) Testing other IMS software: ER Mapper’s Image Web Server AutoDesk MapGuide

11. Mobile Internet Mapping (PDA, Pocket PC)

12. Acknowledgement Department of Geography (chair: Dr. Edward Aguado) --- Internet Map Servers & Web Servers Dean Paul Strand --- FDP grant / Grant-in-Aid Dr. Kris Stewart and Jeff Sale -- EdCenter Faculty Fellows