2. GEO 580 Advanced Applications of GIS in the Geosciences Monday/Wednesday 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Cordley 3003 4 credits

3. Dawn Wright dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu 737-1229 Office Hours: Mondays/Wednesdays 114 Wilkinson Hall 2:00- 3:00 p.m. TA

4. 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

5. 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 data analysis procedures –all about putting technology to work EFFECTIVELY

6. What Will You Learn? Technical –Practice w/ WindowsXP 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

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

8. Spatial Reasoning for Effective GIS by Joseph Berry, 1995 Optional Textbook

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

10. Project Options (cont.) dusk.geo.orst.edu/buffgis/project.html Select option by end of Add-Drop period Friday, April 12th Classroom Access Code 0573563

11. Milestones Required intro. exercise in ArcGIS - April 19th Mid-Term exam - April 29th Final exam - June 10th, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

12. Grading ArcGIS exercise (lab 1) - 10% Mid-Term - 25% Project Option 1 / Final - 45% / 20% Project Option 2 / Presentation - 45% / 20%

13. Survival Skills Follow lecture material Keep up with reading in BOTH textbooks Proficiency in Windows, ArcGIS, ArcView 3 and HTML Build self-help capability Share resources

14. Resources Yourself Web site: http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/buffgis “Online” documentation Me!

15. GEO 580 Discussion Board Please log in and subscribe

16. Opportunities ESRI User Conference. Every year in San Diego. regional meetings as well User Conference Student Asst. Program www.esri.com/company/jobs/uc_student_prog.html Applications due by April 12, 2002  NE Oregon GIS Conference May 24, Pendleton (abstracts due March 15)

17. ESRI Virtual Campus FREE subscriptions to OSU students campus.esri.com ArcInfo --> ArcGIS 8 ArcView Basics AV Image Analysis AV 3D Analyst AV Model Builder ArcIMS Visual Basic all “GIS Technology” courses

18. What Kind 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

19. What Kind 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

20. 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

21. 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

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

23. ArcInfo 8

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