GEO 465/565 - Lecture 1
Introduction
This Class Vs. Others
- this class is about theory & basic fundamental concepts
- general coverage by necessity - the world of GIS is too big now to cover everything
- term paper, project, on-line resources are your chance to go more in depth
- On the OSU campus:
- GEO 265 is the software-training, hands-on class; includes short projects
- GEO 580 is Advanced GIS in the Geosciences
- for hands-on projects, GEO 265 and 580 are your chance
- also FOR 421/521 - Advanced GIS in Forestry
- grad students should remember that this is a combined grad/undergrad course
B.S. in Geology,
Wheaton College in Illinois
M.S. in Oceanography,
Texas A&M
Ph.D. in Physical Geography & Marine Geology,
UC-Santa Barbara
Snoopy, Calvin and Hobbes fan
Competitive cycling
Animation / Foreign film buff
Pasta / Ben & Jerrys ice cream
Lydia
Crash Test Dummies, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, U2, Elastica, Erasure, Celtic music
Lego® maniac
For latest info see dusk.geo.orst.edu
Some Committee Involvement
- OSU EIST committee
- OSU Symposium on Graduate Study in Science for Women
- UCGIS
- AAG, Coastal & Marine Specialty Group, GIS Specialty Group
- AGU, Tectonophysics section, Information Technology Committee
On Form Provided
What Will I Learn?
- An overview of GIS
- GIS software and its functionality
- How GIS data are captured, stored, retrieved, analzyed & displayed
- Where the field of GIS is going
- Where to go for more information about GIS
- How to use a basic GIS (ArcView and Idrisi)
Lecture Format
- beware of PowerPoint
- 2 quarters of material will be crammed into 1
- good note-taking skills essential
- facility with web browsers a plus
- computer format is curse/blessing - information is all there for you
so don't space out in class - challenge yourself and me with questions
and discussion
Story Time
http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/gis/lec01.html
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