UCSB Winter Quarter 2006 Geography 176B

Everest from Shuttle

Technical Issues in Geographic Information Systems

Instructor: Keith C. Clarke

Office: 3626A Ellison Hall

Phone: 893-7961

Email to: kclarke@geog.ucsb.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 1:45-3:00 pm.

Lecture: Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00-3:15 pm in PHELPS 1260

WWW Page: http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/g176b.outline.html

Text: Longley, P. A., Goodchild, M. F., Maguire, D. J. and Rhind, D. W. (2005) Geographical Information Systems and Science. 2ed. J. Wiley and Sons.

When What Reading
January 10
 Class Objectives and Overview
 Chapters 1
January 12 Introduction to the Laboratories and ArcGIS
 Chapter 2
January 17 Representing Geography
 Chapter 3
January 19 On Some Fundamental Geographical Properties
 Chapter 4, Nystuen Paper
January 24 Geocoding and Georeferencing
 Chapter 5
January 26 Geographic Data modeling and the Geodatabase
Chapter 8
January 31 GIS Software
 Chapter 7
Febuary 2 Uncertainty in Spatial Data
 Chapter 6
February 7 Databases: Population and Maintenance
 Chapters 9, 10
February 9 Mobile and Distributed GIS and LBS
 Chapter 11
February 14 Mid-Term Examination PHELPS 1260
 Review All
February 16 Maps and GeoVisualization
 Chapters 12, 13
February 21 Map Measurement and Transformation
 Chapter 14
February 23 Spatial Analysis
 Chapter 15
February 28 Spatial  Modeling and GIS
 Chapter 16
March  2 Spatial Decision Support and GIS
 Chapters 17, 18
March 7
 GIS Management Chapter 19
March 9 The Rise and Fall of Digital Earth
March 14 Contemporary Issues in GIS Research
March 16 Conclusion, Summary and Review Chapter 21
March 21 Final Examination (4pm-7pm) PHELPS 1260
 All since Mid-Term

Laboratory Sections: Lab 1: Thursday 9:00-11:15. Lab 2 Tuesday 4:00-6:50pm Lab 3: Tuesday 7:00-9:50pm.

Lab Sections Web Link is HERE

All Labs in 3620 Ellison Hall. Note: The Labs themselves will require a sustantial time commitment. Supplemental readings will be discussed in lecture and used to illustrate issues and points. While these papers are optional,  expect a few of the examination questions to relate to the concepts they cover. Readings will be posted online as PDFs.

2006 Extra Point Question: Why do Professors wear neckties?

Teaching Assistants for the Class are:

Kate Rose
Jeff Howarth

This page last updated 3/16/2006 by Keith Clarke kclarke@geog.ucsb.edu