Meeting with ESL Students October 24th & 25th 2007 GIS at CCP Meeting with ESL Students October 24th & 25th 2007

Presentation Overview What are Geography & GIS? How are Geography & GIS offered at CCP? What type of careers exist?

What is Geography? Invented by ancient Greek scholar Eratosthenes based on 2 Greek words GEO -> Earth GRAPHY -> to write The study of location – spatial science

GEOGRAPHY IS… Study of how “things” are distributed from place to place ~ the spatial aspect of “things” and their interrelationships What is where? Why is that there? So what? Answer such ?s from perspectives of creation, organization and utilization

Human-Environment Interaction GEOGRAPHY IS… Physical Elements Human Elements Climate Population Geology Economics Development Soil Flora/Fauna Politics Transportation Water Languages Landforms Religions Human-Environment Interaction

What is GIS? One Definition: “GIS is a collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. “ - www.gis.com

What is GIS? GIS has Five Key Elements: GIS People Information & Data Methods & Business Rules Hardware Software

What is GIS? GIS Provides Three Essential Functions: Visualization Data Management Spatial Analysis

What is GIS? Key Characteristics of GIS: Link between map features and attribute data Ability to perform complex analysis Functions: Input Management Analysis Output “Smart” Maps

What is GIS? Why Use GIS? Answer questions & make decisions Integrate disparate data Map: Where things are Quantities Densities What’s inside/nearby Change

What is GIS? Why Use GIS? Databases are hard to interpret while “a picture is worth a thousand words”

GIS answers the following: What is GIS? GIS answers the following: Location: What is at...? Condition: Where does this happen? Trends: What has changed since...? Patterns: What spatial patterns exist? Modeling: What if…? Exploring with GIS turns data into information into knowledge

GIS connects graphics to data What is GIS? GIS connects graphics to data

GIS presents layers of information What is GIS? GIS presents layers of information

History of GIS Dr. John Snow, 1854

History of GIS Timeline: 1959: Waldo Tobler develops MIMO 1963: Roger Tomlinson initiates Canada Geographic Information system (CGIS) 1963: Urban and Regional Information Systems Association is formed 1964: Harvard Lab for Computer Graphics is established 1967: United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) develops AUTOMAP 1969: ESRI & Intergraph formed, creating the first GIS companies 1972: First Landsat satellite launched 1978: Global Positioning System (GPS) project launches first four satellites 1979: Harvard labs develop ODYSSEY GIS, the first vector GIS

History of GIS Timeline (cont): 1980: Dana Tomlinson develops MAP, a popular raster GIS 1982: ESRI launches ARC/INFO 1987: The International Journal of Geographic Information Systems is published 1988: US Bureau of Census releases publicly-available TIGER digital data 1993: First Web-based interactive map developed by Steve Putz 1999: GIS Day celebrated for the first time 2006: More than 15,000 people from over 120 countries attend the 26th Annual ESRI International User Conference

What has influenced GIS Development? History of GIS What has influenced GIS Development? Information Technology Computer hardware Software development Costs Public Consciousness Social awareness Academic theories

What is ArcGIS? (GIS software at CCP) Introducing ArcGIS What is ArcGIS? (GIS software at CCP) Integrated collection of GIS software products Designed and developed by ESRI World leader in GIS In business since 1969

Introducing ArcGIS What can ArcGIS do? Menu bar Collection of software products that: Navigation Tools Scale Create Edit Import Map Table of Contents Query Analyze Publish Coordinates

Users of GIS Who is using GIS? Business Defense Education Emergency Services & Law Enforcement Engineering Government Health & Human Services Natural Resources Transportation Urban & Regional Planning Utilities Endless list of GIS-based careers Wherever there is a need to analyze spatial data!

Courses/Programs in development !! Geospatial Tech at CCP Three Programs: A.A.S. Degree Certificate Professional certificate Courses/Programs in development !!

Geospatial Coursework at CCP Physical Geography GEOG 101 Human Geography GEOG 103 Urban Geography GEOG 180 World Regional Geography 222 Earth Science EASC 111 Geographic Information Systems GIS 101

Are GIS courses only for GIS majors ? No…students with other majors may wish to take a few GIS courses to supplement their technical skills.

Do you meet the following characteristics? Is Geospatial for YOU? Do you meet the following characteristics? Technical skills Enjoy solving problems Like to work with computers Can think spatially (2D & 3D) & critically Try/learn new things (pioneer)

For more information… My contact information: Jamie Picardy jpicardy@ccp.edu 215.751.8604 Office: W4-6