Geography 176B, Winter 2008

People:

Instructor: Mike Goodchild

office hours Tuesday and Thursday 11-12, Ellison 5707
office 805 893 8049
home 805 968 0244
mobile 805 455 6529
email good@geog.ucsb.edu

TAs:

Monday lab: Indy Hurt, indy@umail.ucsb.edu

office hours: Wednesday 2.00 Star Lab
 
Tuesday and Thursday labs: Suzanne Foss, sfoss@umail.ucsb.edu
office hours: Tuesday 1.00, Thursday 11.00, Star Lab
 

Schedule:

Classes: Tuesday and Thursday, 9.30-10.45, Buchanan 1930

Labs: Ellison 2610 (Star Lab) starting Monday Jan 14

Monday 5.00-7.50, #21360
Tuesday 6.00-8.50, #21378
Thursday 5.00-7.50, #21386

Lab web pages

Grading:

176B (4 units):
Mid-term exam Thursday February 7: 35%
Final exam Wednesday March 19, 9-11: 40%
Labs: 25%
176BL (1 unit):
Labs: 100%
Lab overdue policy: 10% off per day
Textbooks:
Paul A. Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire, and David W. Rhind (2005) Geographic Information Systems and Science. New York: Wiley.

Syllabus:

1 Objectives of the course, representation, objects and fields
2/3 The relational model, coverages and shapefiles
4 The nature of geographic data
5 Coordinate systems
6 Figures of the Earth, registration
7 UML, data modeling
8 Sources of data: social
9 Sources of data: physical
10 Analysis of surfaces
11 Locator services, gazetteers
12,13 Analysis
14 Dynamic modeling


Week Lecture dates Lectures Labs assigned Labs due Text chapters
1 Jan 8,10 1 3
2 Jan 15,17 2/3 1 8.2.3, 10
3 Jan 22,24 4,5 2 1 4,5
4 Jan 29,31 6,7 3 2 8
5 Feb 5,7 Review, Midterm
6 Feb 12,14 8,9 4 3 9
7 Feb 19,21 10,11 5
8 Feb 26,28 12, Josh Bader 5 4 14, 15
9 March 4,6 13, Alan Glennon 6 5 15
10 March 11,13 14, Review 6 16

Summary of concepts

Old mid-term questions

2004
2005
2007

Old exam questions

These are the questions from 2004, 2005, 2007

ESRI User Conference

August 4-7 , San Diego Convention Center

Student Assistantship Program

includes registration, accommodation, meals
resume, two letters (one from a professor) to ucstudents@esri.com
ESRI Summer Internship Program
apply online, resume and one letter needed

Jack and Laura Dangermond Prizes:

These prizes are awarded annually to undergraduates at UCSB based on performance in the Geography 176 sequence. Up to $2,000 may be awarded, and separate prizes may be awarded to graduating seniors, juniors, Geography majors, and non-Geography majors. Awardees are selected by the instructors and TAs of the 176 sequence, and awards are made at the end of Spring Quarter.

ESRI Virtual Campus training modules based on the textbook - contact Prof Goodchild for instructions and password access to these courses