Geography 176B, Winter 2012

People:

Instructor: Mike Goodchild

office hours Tuesday and Thursday 10-12, Ellison 5707
office 805 893 8049
home 805 968 0244
mobile 805 455 6529

email good@geog.ucsb.edu

TAs:

Monday and Thursday labs: Grant McKenzie, grant.mckenzie@geog.ucsb.edu

office hours: Tuesday 2-4, Ellison 5805

Wednesday lab: Yingjie Hu, yingjiehu@geog.ucsb.edu

office hours: Monday 3-5, Ellison 5803

Schedule:

Classes: Tuesday and Thursday, 12.30-1.45, Chemistry 1171

Labs: Ellison 2610 (Star Lab) starting Monday Jan 16

Monday 5.00-7.50, #23689
Wednesday 12.30-3.20, #68221
Thursday 5.00-7.50, #23697

Lab web pages

Grading:

176B (4 units):
Mid-term exam Thursday February 9: 35%
Final exam Monday March 19, 12.00-2.00: 40%
Labs: 25%
176BL (1 unit):
Labs: 100%
Lab overdue policy: 10% off per day, up to 5 days

Textbooks:

Paul A. Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire, and David W. Rhind (2011) Geographic Information Systems and Science. Third Edition. New York: Wiley.

Syllabus:

1 Objectives of the course, representation
2 Objects and fields
3 The coverage model, classic ArcInfo
4 Shapefiles, topology, the geodatabase
5 UML, primitive modeling elements
6 Object modeling for transportation
7 The nature of geographic data
8 Locator services, gazetteers
9 Fundamental spatial concepts
10 Analysis, spatial interpolation
11 Analysis
12 Analysis
13 Dynamic modeling in GIS
14 GeoDesign,
Uncertainty


Week Lecture dates Lectures Labs assigned Labs due Text chapters
1 Jan 10,12 1,2 3
2 Jan 17,19 3,4 1 8
3 Jan 24,26 5,6 2 1 8,10
4 Jan 31, Feb 2 7,8 3 2 4,5
5 Feb 7,9 Review,Midterm  
6 Feb 14,16 9,10 4 3 14
7 Feb 21,23

11,12

15
8 Feb 28, Mar 1 Grant McKenzie,13 5 4 16
9 Mar 6,8 Yingjie Hu,Linna Li 6 5  
10 Mar 13,15 14,Review 6 6

Old mid-term questions

2010 and 2011

List of concepts

midterm

final

Old exam questions

These are the questions from 2010 and 2011

Esri User Conference

July 23-27, 2012, 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