GIS Assistance and Training: Online Resources, Certificates, and Campus Support

2. Please Bookmark These! • “GIS @ OSU” • geo.oregonstate.edu/ucgis • Help with GIS • geo.oregonstate.edu/ucgis/gis_resources.html • ESRI site license info. • geo.oregonstate.edu/esri/ • Geographic Information Science Certificates • geo.oregonstate.edu/gcert • Campus GIS assistant – Dori Dick - dickd@geo.oregonstate.edu • Marine and Coastal GIS Links - Davey Jones’ Locker • marinecoastalgis.net

3. ESRI Virtual Campus (software training)FREE subscriptions to OSU students training.esri.com • ArcGIS 9 and ArcGIS 10 • Geodatabase Basics • Server GIS (ArcGIS Server) • ArcGIS Extensions • Map Projections • MUCH more!

4. get course access code(s) from Dori Dick dickd@geo.oregonstate.edu Free VC courses for OSUwww.geo.orst.edu/esri/esri_distrib.html#vc

5. GEO 565 Bibliographies (Opt 1),Term Papers (Opt 2)All due 5:00 p.m., this FridayNO EXTENSIONS Final Exam Wednesday, March 16th, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Web Mashups (Opt 3) due also by 4:00 p.m.

6. Final Exam • Format • Part 1 - Multiple choice on scantron/bring #2 pencil • Part 2 - Short answer • Comprehensive but w/more questions on 2nd half - again major concepts • Lecture PPTs • Your own notes • Will NOT include • "Web Sites of the Week” • Labs 1-5, 7-8

7. Final Exam - cont. • Major Concepts • Some terms: SQL, ecological fallacy, mixel, spatial autocorrelation • Spatial analysis (lec. 11-12), 3-D, UCGIS research priorities, guest lectures • Distinguishing characteristics of GIS • Topology - the “diagram” may appear again • Object vs. field, vector vs. raster • Future of GIS • “Nasties” • Resolution of grid • GIS queries as part of an analysis step

8. Where to Go From Here • Keep reading the geography/GIS literature and surfing the web • ArcUser, ArcNews, workbooks (GIS Tutorial, etc.) • Get an internship or research project • Go to conferences, workshops

9. The Future of GIS

10. Recap • *this class was about theory, basic, fundamental concepts, SOME hands-on • based on a national curriculum • CONCEPTS - data model, data structure, topology, data compilation, process, analysis • What role does space have as a source for explanation & understanding? • TECHNIQUES - overlay, buffer, map algebra, interpolation • TOOLS - labs

11. GISystems, GIScience and GIStudies GISystems GIScience GIStudies

12. GIScience, GISystems and GIStudies • GIScience – fundamental scientific issues arising from the use of GISystems (concepts, techniques) • GISystems – implement the storehouse of GIScience knowledge (tools, techniques) • GIStudies – how systems and science are embedded in a societal context

14. Why speculate on the future? • May get something right! • Most of tomorrow’s systems are under development now. (UCGIS) • Some of tomorrow’s systems already exist, but are not diffused through the hierarchy of potential users. • Prepare for new hardware and software

15. http://www.ucgis.org

16. Geographic Information Science & Technology “Body of Knowledge” http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/gis/GIS_Body_Knowledge_Flyer.pdf

17. A Research Agenda (example below) • Future of the Spatial Information Infrastructure • Information policy • Intellectual property rights, privacy, liability • Digital government research • Local generation and integration of data • Public participation GIS

18. Geographic Representation Scale Spatial Data Acquisition & Integration Spatial Cognition Spatial Ontologies Space and Space/Time Analysis & Modeling Uncertainty Visualization GIS and Society Geographic Information Engineering Long-Term Research Priorities priorities-->research research agenda

19. Make solar energy affordable Engineer better medicines Prevent nuclear terror Provide access to clean water everywhere Secure cyberspace Reverse-engineer the brain! “Grand Challenges”National Academy of Engineering

20. Grand Challenges in GIScience?? • Finish Digital Earth by 2015! • Create digital simulations of geographic phenomena indistinguishable from real counterparts! • Map or visualize all uncertainties! • Find all appropriate data no matter how hidden!

21. Grand Challenges in GIScience?? • What is the cost to the nation of geographic information that is inaccurate, overaccurate or out-of-date? • What role can geographic technologies play in eliminating geographic illiteracy? • In what ways have we yet to exploit the superiority of digital maps over paper maps? • By how much can effective use of geographic information improve human safety and welfare while reducing the associated costs? Keith Clarke, UCSB

22. Grand Challenges in GIScience?? See more resources at: http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/grand_challenges.html

23. Some of the future is NOW! • Desktop mapping on a budget • Real high end power • GIS/GPS integration • Rapidly maturing market with broad public acceptance and knowledge • The Web: More than data delivery

24. GIS and the Internet • Access distributed data and processing systems • Publish data and knowledge between users • From monolithic desktop systems to distributed GI-Services • Geography is still very important in cyberspace

25. GIS and the Internet • Access distributed data and processing systems • Publish data and knowledge between users • From monolithic desktop systems to distributed GI-Services  “Server GIS” “Cloud GIS” • Geography is still very important in cyberspace

26. GIS and the Internet: Mashups • County map w/pie chart of election results • Google Map with sunrise/sunset calculator • Google Map with line generalizer so lines with GPS points load more quickly • Maps with tags, comments, personalization, etc. • Javascript APIs • ArcGIS Javascript API for ArcGIS server

27. GIS Drivers • Hardware price: performance continues to improve • Hardware diversity increases • Software functionality continues to improve • GIScience becomes the norm • More GI is created and accessible • GIS plays a pivotal role in New Science • Geographic measurement technologies become all-pervasive

28. Impact of Moore’s Law Longley et al. text

30. Impact of Moore’s Law Longley et al. text

31. Increase in GIS Functionality Longley et al. text

32. Falling Cost of GIS Longley et al. text

33. “Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.” -- Nicholas Negroponte, Founding Director of MIT’s Media Lab. Being Digital (1995), p. 6.

34. “GIS is not about systems anymore. It’s about geography.” -- Keith Clarke, UC-Santa Barbara Author, Getting Started w/Geographic Information Systems

35. GIS/GPS Integration

36. In-Vehicle Navigation Systems

37. How about nav systems for these?? www.terrafugia.com www.skycarexpedition.com – London to the Sahara

38. Wearable computers come of age …

39. Wearable GIS?! • Input • Touch • Gloves • Sensors • Sight • Vision tracking • Cameras • GIS as clothing From the research of Professor Keith Clarke, UCSB

40. Flexible computer displays

41. USB 3.0 – download a 25 Gb file in under 60 seconds

43. Technology in 2019? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQdGvfV4WnU http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/

44. Summary thus far … • Understanding GIS requires consideration of science, systems and studies • GIS provides a framework to manage the world • The real value of GIS is its problem solving capability • The future of GIS and GISci is bright

45. But there are some real issues….(Longley et al., Chapter 20) ?

46. Personal Privacy Freedom of Expression vs. Europe? U.S.? For context, listen to the NPR story at http://bit.ly/d9276g

47. Constraints to GIS Development??

48. Societal Issue: Democratic Access • Open and democratic access to geospatial data is now possible! • Are the policies and funding in place to support this? • Otherwise real danger of major disenfranchisement • the right and the need to access these data. • Information haves and have nots.

49. 4 Things Need to Close “the Digital Divide” --Craig Barrett, CEO of Intel • Computers • Connectivity (especially Broadband wireless) • Content • Education on all of the above • health education, economic development

50. Some Career Info... • Spatial Thinking, Spatial Relationships • GIS / Projections / SQL Databases • Python / Java & JavaScript / C++/ C#, .Net • Network Hardware, Software, Web Services • Web Authoring / Graphic Art Design • Communication Skills • Your Users