Geography 151 -
Introduction to GIS (62145, Fall 2008, 8/26 - 12/13)
College of the
Canyons - CCC Campus [ COC Academic Calendar
]
Instructor: Jeff Hemphill, email: jeff@geog.ucsb.edu, (805) 252-9333
Homepage: http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/g151_coc/
Lecture: T Th CCC-305 6-9:50
Book: Price 2008, Mastering ArcGIS 3rd Edition. McGraw-Hill. [ TOC 9.4 Mb ]
| What | |
| T 8/26 | Introduction / Overview [ Summary ] |
| Assignment: Email Me | |
| Th 8/28 | Maps, GIS, Software ... and Your Brain [ Summary ] |
| Lecture 1 - Maps and GIS, History in Brief | |
| Movie: Incredible Human Body (National Geographic) | |
| Map of London (large file, high res.), BCC Article - The Knowledge | |
| Reading: Mapping London 1898 - 2000 | |
| Assignment: Mental Map | |
| T 9/2 | Computing History in Brief [ Summary ], Geographic Referencing I [ Summary ] |
| Lecture 2 - Hardware and Computing, Coordinate Systems & Projections I | |
| Movie: Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (PBS) | |
| Simple GIS - free GIS Data gis.ca.gov and free GIS software, QGIS ] | |
Lab 0: QGIS |
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| Reading: Muehrcke et al. 2001. Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interp. Ch 1 | |
| Assignment: Unit Conversions Scale Calculations (examples) | |
| Th 9/4 | Geographic Referencing II - Map Projections Revisited |
| Lecture 3 - Coordinate Systems & Map Projections II [ Summary ] | |
| Lab 0: QGIS (cont.) | |
| Lab Assignment: QGIS Questions | |
| Movie: Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (PBS) | |
| Assignment: Bill Bryson 2003 - The Size of the Earth | |
| T 9/9 | Representation of Information |
| Lecture 4 - Map Projections III | |
| Reading: Hudson, J. 1992. Scale in Space and Time | |
| Lab 0: QGIS (cont.) | |
| Lab 2 ArcGIS - Map Projections & Coordinates | |
| Th 9/11 | Lab 2 ArcGIS - Map Projections & Coordinates (cont.) |
| T 9/16 | Representation of Spatial Information |
| Lab 2 ArcGIS - Map Projections & Coordinates (cont.) | |
| Th 9/18 | Lab 3 ArcGIS - Proportional Symbols |
| T 9/23 | Cartographic Visualization |
| Lab 3 ArcGIS - Proportional Symbols (cont.) | |
| Th 9/25 | Cartographic Visualization |
| Lab 4 ArcGIS - Choropleth Maps | |
| T 9/30 | Lab 4 ArcGIS - Choropleth Maps (cont.) |
| Th 10/2 | Lab 4 ArcGIS - Choropleth Maps (cont.) |
| Lecture 5 - Projections for the World [ Summary ] | |
| T 10/7 | Mastering ArcGIS Introduction, Ch1 [ TOC 9.4 Mb ] |
| What is GIS (ArcGIS), What is a GIS Project?, ArcCatalog | |
| Lecture 6 - Scale and Map Symbolization, Scale and Representation | |
| Th 10/9 | Mastering ArcGIS Ch2 |
| ArcMap; Layout View vs. Map View Toolbars | |
| [ ArcGIS9 Desktop Shortcuts PDF ] | |
| Lecture 7 - GIS, Spatial Operations | |
| T 10/14 | Mastering ArcGIS Ch3 |
| Coordinate Systems and Map Projections, Projection on the Fly | |
| Lab 2.2 - Distorting the World | |
| Th 10/16 | Mastering ArcGIS Ch4 |
| Maps Types, Symbolization, Layers, Map Templates / TemplateData | |
| T 10/21 | Mastering ArcGIS Ch5 |
| Flatfiles and Attribute Tables [ Field Calculator PDF] | |
| T 10/23 | Mastering ArcGIS Ch6-7 |
| Attribute Queries, Selecting Features, Joins and Relates | |
| T 10/28 | Mastering ArcGIS Ch8 |
| Overlay, Spatial Operations / Analysis | |
| Th 10/30 | NO CLASS |
| T 11/4 | Mastering ArcGIS Ch9-10 |
| Cartography, Geocoding | |
| Th 11/6 | Mastering ArcGIS Ch11-12 |
| Editing Vector Data with ArcMap | |
| T 11/11 | NO CLASS |
| Th 11/13 | Mastering ArcGIS Ch13 |
| Geodatabase, Networks | |
| T 11/18 | Mastering ArcGIS Ch14 |
| Networks | |
| Th 11/20 | Mastering ArcGIS Ch15 |
| Raster based analysis, Spatial Analyst | |
| Lab 5.1 - Global Solar Power Suitability (TOA) | |
| Lab 5.2 - Global Solar Power Suitability (Cloudiness) | |
| T 11/25 | Spatial Analyst |
| Lab 5.3 - Global Topography & Population Density | |
| Th 11/27 | NO CLASS (Thanksgiving) |
| T 12/2 | Lab 5.4 - Map Algebra [ Raster Calculator, Syntax ] |
| Project Topic / Proposals Due | |
| Th 12/4 | Final Projects |
| T 12/9 | Final Projects |
| Th 12/11 | LAST DAY, Final Projects Due |
Student Learning Objectives
Maps Online
http://maps.google.com, http://maps.yahoo.com, http://mapquest.com
http://www-atlas.usgs.gov
- http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/dynamic.html
Other
http://www.confluence.org/
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/
http://www.3dsoftware.com/Cartography/
Google Earth (Keyhole)
http://earth.google.com/
Google Satellite Maps (Landmarks)
http://perljam.net/notes/interesting-google-satellite-maps/
Buzztracker.org (The
Geography of Google News!)
http://www.buzztracker.org/
Get mapping (April 7, 2005) - The Guardian (guardian.co.uk)
From the article:
"This five-year boom of digital cartography means more than big business. Maps also shape our view of the world. The art of mapmaking predates the written word by several millennia and provided humankind with the first opportunity to read and write. When our maps change, our world view changes.About the time of the French Revolution, the science of cartography became a responsibility of government and a duty of the military (hence Ordnance Survey). But the compass has revolved 360 degrees, and a combination of the internet, cheap computers and even cheaper GPS units promises to turn ordinary citizens into mapmakers once more.
It is tempting to call it the march of amateur mapmakers: armed with cheap satellite-tracking handsets, teams of civilian surveyors are out in the field recording casual journeys and sharing geodata with each other to produce their own maps. Their aim is to build a set of people's maps: charted and owned by those who create them, which are as free to share as the open road.
Soda vs. Pop
http://www.popvssoda.com/
World Mapper (Cartograms)
http://www.worldmapper.org/
created by jeff 5/06, last outdated 10/08
