Geography 176C, Spring 2012

People:

Instructor: Mike Goodchild

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

TA:
Yingjie Hu, yingjiehu@umail.ucsb.edu
office hours: Wednesday 3-5, Ellison 5803

Schedule:

Classes: Monday and Wednesday 9.30-10.45, Phelps 3515

Labs: Ellison 2610 (Star Lab) starting Tuesday April 2

Tuesday 5.00-6.50, #22319
Friday 10.00-11.50, #22327

Detailed course requirements

Project ideas

Grading:

Proposal presentation in class (group): 20%
Lab participation (individual): 20%
Final presentation (group): 20%
Final report (group): 15%
Final exam (individual): 25%

Final exam:

Take-home exam, distributed May 14, due by email May 25

Textbook:

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

Chapters 17, 18, 19 especially relevant


Week Date Lecture topic Links
1 April 2 Introduction, projects, expectations
1 April 4 GIS project lifecycle lecture notes
2 April 9 Registration lecture notes
2 April 11 Publication lecture notes
3 April 16 Wenwen Li ppt slides
3 April 18 Ben Adams ppt slides
4 April 23 Spatial data infrastructure lecture notes
4 April 25 GIS planning lecture notes
5 April 30 Proposals (1)
5 May 2 Proposals (2)
6 May 7 Economics of GIS lecture notes
6 May 9 Legal issues lecture notes
7 May 14 Exam distributed, Chris Castillo ppt slides
7 May 16

Ed Pultar

 ppt slides
8 May 21 Uncertainty lecture notes
8 May 23 Deren Li  
9 May 28 Memorial Day  
9 May 30 Pinde Fu, Esri ppt slides
10 June 4 Final presentations (1)
10 June 6

Final presentations (2)
spatial@ucsb.local12

ESRI User Conference

July 23-27, 2012, San Diego Convention Center

Student Assistantship Program

includes registration, accommodation, meals
applications due April 6
resume, two letters (one from a professor) to ucstudents@esri.com

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