Week 6. Introduction to term project Oct. 10 th, 2005

Important dates for the term project  Team list due: Oct, 24 th (in class).  Term project proposal due: Nov, 15 th (5:00 pm).  Term project presentation due: Dec, 5 th (in class).  Term project report due: Dec, 16 th 5:00 pm.

Form a team  Each undergraduate team has 3-4 team members.  One student will act as the team contactor. Team contactor can be selected by the team or we may assign one if no one selected.  Normally we assume that each member will contribute the same efforts to the whole project. If not, the team contactor needs to submit a contribution table which describes the percentage each team member contributes to the project. The contribution table should be discussed within your team before turned in.  Final grade of each team member equals: (Team grade)*(Your contribution)*(Number of team members)  Each graduate has 1-2 team members.

Find an appropriate topic  Types of topics:  Social Science  Engineering applications  Environmental  Business  More…  The topic should be of feasible size  Make sure the topic is not too big or hard to finish before the presentation  Data availability  The topic should be a problem that you can apply GIS tools to solve.  What is the problem?  Why you can use GIS tools for this problem?  How?

Topics from last time 1.  Transportation System of Tsim Sha Tsui  Target: Using GIS to resolve the traffic congestion problem.  Air pollution in Pearl River Delta  Target: Air pollution assessment using GIS.  New private school in HK island  Target: Find a appropriate location to open a new private school.  Property Management  Target: Search for a new home using GIS  Rechargeable battery collection  Find feasible locations to setup battery collection points.

Topics from last time 2.  Competition study for the new HK Disneyland  Target: Market competition studies of HK and Shanghai Disneyland.  GIS for demographics analysis  Target: Migration study using GIS.  Superstore competition study  Target: Find a suitable location for a new PNS store.  Strategic waste collection  Target: GIS analysis for setting up waste collection strategies.  Public library  Target: Location for a new public library.

Methodology  Construct a logical spatial analysis flow chart that details the project steps will make the success of the analysis more likely.  What types of analyses will you perform?  Overlays?  Buffering?  Spatial interpolations?  The spatial analysis flow diagram should include:  An outline of the procedures required for the data  A logical sequence of procedures to be performed  A list of all the data required for each step

Data availability  Hong Kong’s data  Boundary file  Population  You can also make the data by digitalizing  Data on the web  Google by keywords  A complete set of data resource prepared by Stanford library A complete set of data resource prepared by Stanford library  US national data  US by state  International data

Project proposal  Before you start doing the project, you will need to submit a proposal. The proposal includes,  What you want to do?  Why GIS is useful for your project?  How you want to do it?  What kind of deliverables you will submit?  The proposal does not have to be long. Three to five A4 double- space pages should be a reasonable size.  As we receive the proposal, we will give you advices to see if your proposal is feasible.

Project presentation  20 minutes for each team.  Normally PowerPoint files.  Submit your final presentation files in digital format together with your final report by 5: 00 pm Dec, 16 th (Friday).

Example 1. Property Management 富強苑 Fu Keung Court 康和別墅 Cornvwel Name (Chinese) Name (English) Final marks Price per square feet Area of flat Purchas e Price Flo or Direction facing 富強苑 Fu Keung Court , ,026, E 康和別 墅 Villa Cornvwel ,900 1,050 5,145, N 新德園 Sunderland Town Houses ,800 1,070 8,346, W Kowloon Tong 富強苑 Fu Keung Court 康和別墅 Cornvwel Ten major steps for each case Three case studies for a family cycle

Example 2. Rechargeable Battery DCNODCCA_ENGPotentialDCNODCCA_ENGPotential 3718Heng To Chui Tin Sunshine City City One Lee On (Sha Tin) Lek Yuen Pok Hong Hin Ka Both qualitative and quantitative analysis The idea of gap analysis

Final report  Final report should include all necessary information. Usually it should include at least,  Data file used (usually it should be a shape file).  A Doc file which describes in details of the project (goals, data used, models created, steps, results), with necessary pictures/images.  Some maps to present your analytical results.  Attribute table and charts.

Evaluation  Project proposal: 10%  Presentation: 40%  Final report: 50%