1. GEOG300: Geographic Information Systems Fall 2016 Neil Thompson: Neil
GEOG300: Geographic Information Systems Fall Neil Thompson:

2. Welcome to 8:30 Lecture!
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Neither in lab

3. GEOG300: Geographic Information Systems Lecture Slides + Lab Material: Google: GIS UNBC Lectures Tues/Thurs 8:30-9: Labs: Starting next week L1: Tuesday :30 – 2: (Ping Bai) L2: Thursday 11:30 – 2: (Neil Thompson) L3: Friday :30 – 2: (Alex Graser) You can also: - Enter lab anytime if it is not full - Enter lab after hours by showing ID card at security - Login remotely from home Pay $100 for 1 year home license

4. GEOG300: Resources Course notes: http://gis. unbc
GEOG300: Resources Course notes: Syllabus / Lectures / Labs No Required text But do read the labs beforehand! Library has many: G70.2 … Office Hours by Lecture/Thursday Labs: Tuesday Labs: Friday Labs:

5. UNBC GEOG300 evaluation Evaluation – mostly a lab based course
Lab work: 65% of final grade
Lab assignments: 3 x 10%
Project: due Dec 4 (20%)
Lab Exam (15%)
No final exam in exam period
Midterms: Oct 11, Dec 1 (15, 20%)

6. Extenuating Circumstances
me ASAP regarding:
Missing midterms or lab exam
Any concerns about accommodations
your TA and cc me regarding:
Extensions for lab work
Much better to know before you miss something

7. Forest Ecology & Management …………………(3)
A bit about you: Majors in GEOG who uses GIS ?
Forest Ecology & Management …………………(3)
Wildlife and Fisheries ………………………………(7) Environmental Science / Studies ………………(5)
Outdoor Rec and Conservation …………………(3) Anthropology …………………………………………..(1) Nature-Based Tourism Management …………(1) Biology ……………………………………………………(4) Computer Science ……………………………………(4)
History ……………………………………………………(1)

8. Your Past Experience Used a GPS to navigate to a particular point?
Used GIS at work?
Google Earth, Maps, Bing Maps, etc?
General comfort with computers?
Mac vs PC?

9. A bit about me ….

10. UNBC Courses: Cartography and GIS
GEOG205: Cartography
GEOG300: GIS
- both use ArcGIS
GEOG204 uses QGIS
Cartography -> Maps
Input -> (design) -> Output
GIS -> Analysis
Input -> Database -> Analysis -> Output

11. Cartography: the mother of GIS
Map and GIS layers: Visualization and Analysis

12. New trail maps on campus - Using GIS software Cartography:
How to get from A to B
Visual interpretation
GIS questions we might ask:
Total length of trails?
Surface type of trails ?
Locations with views?
Maximum elevation ?
Maximum slope ?
Slopes facing west ?
10km trail with least slope ?
Wetlands adjacent to trails ?
Likelihood to see moose ?
Maximum distance to water ?
etc..

13. Geographic Information Systems
Automated ….
Acquisition (input)
Management
Analysis
Display (output)
… of ‘spatial’ data

14. Analysis of Spatial Data
Relationship between two or more layers
Slope vs. Timber volume
Distance to road vs. Critical habitat
Point source pollution vs. Downstream homes
Accessibility vs. Durability
Fishing locations vs. Farming locations
Interpolation of data between points
Optimal transportation routes
Many thousands more tools + options

15. Early mapping - ‘GIS type’ analysis ‘thinking spatially’
John Snow’s map of cholera deaths in London, 1854

16. https://www. washingtonpost

17. GIS Examples

18. Google Earth: Cartography GIS

19. Google Maps: GIS (background)

20. GIS is a component part of ‘Geomatics’ (an umbrella term for mapping technologies)
Geographic Information Systems
Cartography
Remote sensing
Land surveying
Photogrammetry
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (e.g. GPS)

21. ArcGIS (ArcMap 10.4.1) ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute)
Command-line heritage(ArcInfo)
Graphical interface, versions for casual users
Thousands of tools + add-ins for professionals (you)

22. Arc vs. Earth: More Power! GIS+Cartography / Cartography+GIS

23. Course Goals Technical skills Conceptual understandings
All NR fields
All positions and levels
Conceptual understandings
Science, work, life
Literacy + foundations
To function in the NR fields
To begin an academic minor
NOT to be the GIS Technician
But a fine place to start
“…Equivalent combination of education and experience”

24.
“Combining these selected courses in Geography and Computer Science will provide a level of proficiency in geographic data processing and analysis suitable for careers in the GIS industry.”

25. Final Project Three weeks in November Clear research question—your own
Acquire, manage, analyze data: produce output
Past topics:
Best hostels in Rome
Lynx habitat quality at Aleza Lake
Development areas in Pakistan
Optimal housing in San Francisco
Assignment overview on syllabus

26. References No required text: The library has GIS textbooks
Course notes:
ArcGIS:
Others – see lecture notes and syllabus
First lab: Tuesday Sept 13 11:30 am ….. Intro Lab