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

Dr. Dawn Wright 114 Wilkinson Hall 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

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 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 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 Hoping for new puppy Arcade Fire, Weezer, Snow Patrol, Coldplay, The Shins, U2, Erasure, Moby, Celtic music

Who Are YOU?? On the Sheets Provided: Your name & 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 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

Optional Reference Text Geographic Information Systems and Science, 2nd ed. by Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, Rhind NO TEXTBOOKS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS COURSE!

Geography of a Recession

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 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!!!

Labs Teaching Assistants are David Bucklin and Evan Miles Lab sessions are in Wilkinson 210 Section 10, T 1:00 - 2:50 p.m. (Both?) Section 11, W 10: :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 will follow lectures ArcGIS 9 labs: vector, raster, analysis, ArcSDE, one GPS

Exams & Grades

GEO 465 Grades GEO 465 Midterm (Feb. 4) = 30% Final (Mar. 15) = 40% Labs = 30%

“think for yourself” factor GEO 565 Grades Midterm = 20% Final = 30% Labs = 20% Term Paper / Web Biblio = 30% Midterm = 20% NO FINAL Labs = 30% Analy. Project = 40%

465/565 Final Grades Weighted Percentage = A = A = B = B = B = C = 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.”

“How did you know?!?” “You must be an economist.” “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)