GEO 580 Advanced Applications of GIS in the Geosciences Monday/Wednesday 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Digital Earth (Wilk 210) 4 credits

Dawn Wright Office Hours: Mondays/Wednesdays 114 Wilkinson Hall 2:00- 3:00 p.m. TA

What Will You Learn? Theoretical –broaden base of GIS theory established in GEO 465/565 –build entry points into GIS research literature –cover sets of topics in GIS research & practice, with a focus on the geosciences / coastal & marine sciences

What Will You Learn? Theoretical –consider expanded capabilities of GIS in more detail and relate them to YOUR current work –rethink the characteristics of spatial data, of spatial analysis procedures –all about putting technology to work EFFECTIVELY

What Will You Learn? Technical –Practice w/ Windows XP as a working environment for GIS –build a base of knowledge in ArcGIS 8 –apply GIS methods to problem-solving / project completion –work toward professional level GIS skills

Textbooks Required: Geographic Information Systems and Science by Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, Rhind, 2001 Modeling Our World by Zeiler, 2001

Map Analysis: Procedures and Applications in GIS Modeling by Joseph Berry, 2001 Optional “Textbook”

Required Project - 2 options Option 1 - LABS –Tuesday labs in ArcGIS – ArcGIS data models, spatial analysis, networks, surfaces, digitizing, metadata –Take FINAL exam Option 2 - analytical project –apply course concepts to your own project (thesis or dissertation) –poster or web site, page paper, and min. presentation during Dead Week –No FINAL

Option 2 - Proposal (1) Experience - Your previous experience with GIS (previous GIS coursework?, previous GIS experience during an internship or job?) (2) Analysis - The question or problem that you would like to address during your analytical project. –"I am studying a species of salamander in the WA Cascades, the Van Dyke'ssalamander. I am doing a habitat association, model building excerise. What are the differences in habitat in streams and seeps where the salamander was detected vs. those where the salamander was not detected? I would like to take the opportunity available in this class to explore differences in these sites on a landscape level. I will compare sites where the salamander was vs. was not detected at the watershed level, using GIS layers supplied to me by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. I will choose two variables to compare: watershed size above thelocation of each site, and dominant seral class (or canopy closure)on the watershed level.” (3) Data - If not already mentioned above, state where you hope to obtain your data if you don't have it already

Project Options (cont.) dusk.geo.orst.edu/buffgis/project.html Select option by end of Add-Drop period Friday, April 9, 2004 (Option 2 proposals)

Milestones Required intro. exercise in ArcGIS - April 16th Required intro. exercise on ArcGIS data model schema - April 28th Mid-Term exam - April 26th Final exam - June 7th, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Grading ArcGIS Lab 1 and data model exercise - 10% Mid-Term - 25% Project Option 1 / Final - 45% / 20% Project Option 2 / Presentation - 45% / 20%

Survival Skills Follow lecture material Keep up with reading in BOTH textbooks Proficiency in Windows, ArcGIS 8, HTML Build self-help capability Share resources

GEO 580 Discussion Board Please put your address on signup sheet

Opportunities ESRI User Conference. Every year in San Diego. August 6-9, 2004 regional meetings as well User Conference Student Asst. Program Applications due by May 7, 2004  GIS in Action Conference May 11-13, Portland  Other opportunities posted to

ESRI Virtual Campus FREE subscriptions to OSU students campus.esri.com ArcGIS 8 and extensions ArcIMS Visual Basic all “GIS Technology” courses

What Kinds of Jobs Exist in GIS? (1) System developers –high level of technical skills –programmers in C++, Java, Visual Basic –1,000 people (2) System maintainers –moderate technical skills –programmers in UML, Visio, CASE, Visual Basic –10,000 people

What Kinds of Jobs Exist in GIS? (3) System users –modest technical skills –know how to use the tools –familiar with the technical issues –know the application domains –work for univ., corp., govts. –100,000 people (4) General public –minimal technical skills –Know how to use some tools –1,000,000 people

Success as (3) System User? the basic principles (GIS education) –still there when the software changes how to be a demanding skeptic –demand better documentation –reliable and accurate results –fixes for bugs what GIS means –what the data mean in the real world –what operations mean

GISystems, GIScience and GIStudies GISystems GIStudiesGIScience

GISystems, GIScience and GIStudies GISystems (GIS) –Emphasis on technology and tools –“GIServices” –Implements storehouse of GISci knowledge GIScience (GISci) –Fundamental issues raised by the use of GIS and related technologies (e.g.) Spatial analysis Map projections Accuracy Scientific visualization –Systematic study of the use of geographic information GIStudies (GISt?) –how systems and science are embedded in a societal context, applications

G. I. S. ? Geographic Illusionary System GRASS Interpolates Sushi Gastro- Intestinal Sophistication Geometrically Increasing Silliness Going In Style Gee, I'm Spatial!

Hands-on practical training? software changes often (every 2 years) hands-on experience –reinforces basic principles –encourages you to be a demanding skeptic –encourages thinking about what GIS means

ArcGIS 8

ArcTools w/in ArcGIS

“ARC/INFO”, “ArcInfo” the workhorse of GIS the engine behind ArcView command-line interface –required syntax –difficult to use

ArcInfo 8 new easy-to-use version several hundred person-years invested complete rewrite, first since 1980 –version 7 becomes “ArcInfo Workstation”, the core of ArcGIS 8 –ArcInfo Desktop, WIMP, wizards –ArcView is now a subset in ArcGIS 8, along with ArcInfo, ArcSDE, ArcIMS, ArcObjects, etc. –expect bugs –Reworked labs in ArcGIS w/Oregon data