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Jan Cook ISYM 540 – SSII Current Topics in ISM July 16th, 2009

Jan Cook ISYM 540 – SSII Current Topics in ISM July 16th, 2009. Executive Briefing Topic 4 – Geospatial Information Systems: Societal Issues. SOCIETAL ISSUES CON first- then, PRO . The reset is buried in the sub-menu. ESRI. PRO. Resource depletion Climate change Populations

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Jan Cook ISYM 540 – SSII Current Topics in ISM July 16th, 2009

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  1. Jan Cook ISYM 540 – SSII Current Topics in ISM July 16th, 2009

  2. Executive BriefingTopic 4 –Geospatial Information Systems: Societal Issues

  3. SOCIETAL ISSUES CON first- then, PRO

  4. The reset is buried in the sub-menu.

  5. ESRI

  6. PRO

  7. Resource depletion • Climate change • Populations • Disaster Management • Food • Water • Shelter Interoperability will address thesecritical problems

  8. an accounting of the source • history • integrity • currency • reliability of component data sets that comprise a composite data layer data provenance

  9. cross-disciplinary reference • trans-disciplinary knowledge • improved verifiability of results • improved search capabilities • repurposing of data • improved data collection methods • rapid exploration of hypothetical relationships • improved multiple-data sources • improved investment return and • accelerated pace of scientific discovery Significant Societal Benefits of the Availability of Geodata

  10. SCIE106 GIS for Land Use Planning and Environmental Technology This Geographic Information Systems (GIS) course will use ArcGIS 9.3, the most current software available and widely used by industry and government. Students will learn the software using real census and environmental spatial data. Bucks County Community Collegerecent GIS course listing

  11. The course provides grounding in fundamental principles of GIS, and achieves understanding through hands on practical laboratories. Course topics include: spatial reference systems, geographic data theory and structures, structures, spatial analysis tools, functions and algorithms, GIS data sources, compilation and quality, and GIS project design and planning. Credits: 3.00 College: College of EngineeringDepartment: Civil, Arch, & Environ EngrRestrictions:Must be enrolled in one of the following Program Level(s):Graduate Quarter Drexel University recent courseEnvironment 555

  12. Stone lithographs of maps in a Belgium archive: …Cartography has always been a challenge!

  13. Sources: “Bucks County Community College Fall Mailer” www.bucks.edu May 2009 http://www.bucks.edu/admissions/register/fall2009/Fall09Mailer.pdf “The Evolution of Geospatial Technology Calls for Changes in Geospatial Research, Education and Government Management” Directions Magazine, April 2009, directionsmag.com <http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=3092> “Geotagging invades Privacy” aguntherphotography.com 2009 <http://www.aguntherphotography.com/geotagging-invades-privacy.html> “horse–riding lion” Dailymail.co.uk February 2008 http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_01/LionBAR0602_468x393.jpg “Drexel University course description” drexel.edu July 2009 <http://www.drexel.edu/student-life/overview.aspx>

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