1. Field Journals ala Luna Leopold
Date
Location
Purpose
Remembrance
People
Notes

3. Write what you see

4. SODA: The life-force of a Geographer
Speculate
Why is that there?
Helps develop hypothesis (hypotheses) and/or research question(s)
Observe
What do you “see” in the landscape
Support/not support your hypotheses & RQ
Describe
Explain and expound on what you “see”
What did you “see”? And how did you “do” it?
What method(s) used—and why?
How will test hypotheses & describe results
Note specific and general details of S & O, perhaps corroborate with others
Analyze
What do your findings tell you?
May result in further hypotheses/research questions

5. After SODA SODA POP Propose the next step Organize the results
The Analysis generated through SODA leads to the next move, and that move must be formally Proposed
Organize the results
The Proposed next move then needs to be Organized in a way that your audience will understand it
Present findings
Once Organized, the results should be Presented; hopefully, by the end of the Presentation, there is even more valuable feedback

6. After SODA SODA CAN Conclusion Application New Knowledge
The Analysis can also lead to a Conclusion
Maybe what you've discovered is something entirely new
Application
A Conclusion should then lead to an Application
How can what you've discovered be used? Why is it important?
New Knowledge
The Application, in most cases, is—or at least leads to—New knowledge, and this can then be shared with the world (however small your world may be)

7. (some) Human Geography Field Methods
Qualitative vs. Quantitative
Surveys
Questionnaires
Interviews, in situ and otherwise
Participant-observation vs. Observing-participant
Ethnography
Archival research
Landscape interpretation
Cognitive mapping
Photo-documenting

9. (some) Physical Geography Field Methods
Quantitative vs. Qualitative
Mathematical models
Theoretical models
Getting “dirty”
Soil, water, landform, plants, animals, weather
“Technical” equipment
Stream gauge
Meteorological assessment
Clinometer, thermister, IRT

11. Discussion Geography is our epistemology (our ‘way of knowing’)
“The field” has long been a core of our ontology (our ‘way of being’)
Spatial-analytical synthesis capability is our “method” (our ‘way of doing’)
Do human and physical geography field methods overlap?
What are some of the overlaps?

12. Mixed Methods Human Comfort Index Visitor impact on a Park
Building/Urban Sprawl
Alternative energy use and design
Hydrological assessment (think water…)
Forest fire impacts
Distance Decay
GIS/RS for assessment