1 GEO242: Geographic Information Systems II Winter 2010-2011 | DePaul University | Department of Geography 1. Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs 11:20-12:50 pm Location: Schmitt Academic Center 224 (GIS Lab), Lincoln Park Campus (LPC) 2. Instructors Sungsoon (Julie) Hwang - Contact: [email protected], (773) 325-8668 - Office: Room# 4513, 990 W Fullerton Ave, LPC - Office hour: Mon/Wed 2-3 pm or by appointment Neil Loomis (Lab assistant): contact him via an e-mail: [email protected]. He will be in GIS lab during his lab hours to be announced. 3. Course Description GEO242 is an intermediate-level GIS course. Students conduct real-world GIS projects for community-based organizations (CBO) in Chicagoland. Topics include data capture, data manipulation, database design, data quality, and spatial analysis. Students will complete projects following best practices of GIS project management. Instruction is accomplished through lectures and hands-on computer lab exercises using ArcGIS (more specifically ArcInfo 10). PREREQUISITE(S): GEO 241 or instructor consent. 4. Learning Goals • Explore different ways in which GIS can/is used in organizations • Learn concepts of database design for GIS applications • Lean methods of data input and editing for GIS applications • Develop an informed understanding of spatial data quality • Learn methods of spatial analysis commonly used in GIS 5. Learning Outcomes • Assess geographic information needs given organizational contexts in regard to implementing GIS (P1) • Design GIS databases with entity-relationship modeling techniques (P2) • Create geographic data on your own using appropriate tools (P3) • Assess the fitness of use of geographic data for a given problem (P3) • Recommend appropriate methods of spatial analysis when presented with geographic problems, and execute them appropriately (P4) 6. Course Text(s) There is no text to buy. Required readings are posted as PDF files on the Desire2Learn course site.2 7. Outlines of Topics & Tentative Schedules Wk Date Topics Labs Project milestones 1 1/4 Course overview; Meet with clients 1/6 [M01] Project management 01.Statement of work 2 1/11 [M02] GIS and organizations 02.Change mapping P0 (Proposal) 1/13 [M03] Needs assessment 03.Buffering & overlay 3 1/18 Community and CBO tours (TBD) 1/20 [M04] Database design 04.Draw ERD 4 1/25 [M05] Data capture (input) 05.GPS data import 06.Heads-up digitizing P1 (Needs assessment) 1/27 [M06] Data manipulation (editing) 07.Address geocoding 08.Rubber-sheeting 5 2/1 [M07] Geodatabase Meet with clients 09.Create geodatabase 2/3 [M08] Data quality 10.Author metadata 6 2/8 [M09] Data classification [M10] Data acquisition strategy 11.Prism (3D) mapping P2 (System requirements) 2/10 [M11] Vector spatial analysis 12.Aggregate mapping 7 2/15 [M12] Raster spatial analysis 13.Suitability analysis 2/17 [M13] Spatial data infrastructure 8 2/22 Project help P3 (Data acquisition) 2/24 Project help 9 3/1 Project help P4 (Data analysis) 3/3 Map contest; Project help 10 3/8 Project help 3/10 Project presentation (P5) P5; P6 (Final report) 11 3/15 Final exam 11:45-2:00 pm 8. Grading Scheme Participation In order to encourage effective participation I list detailed outlines of topics and assigned readings in Section 9. Whenever possible, use class time for verifying, and reinforcing answers that you have found while reading. I will evaluate your participation based on preparedness, enthusiasm, and attendance. Grading Breakdown Participation 10 % Labs (each lab carries 2 points) 26 % Project 40 % Final exam 24 % Grading Scale A = 93-100% A- = 90-92.99% B+ = 87-89.99% B = 83-86.99% B- = 80-82.99% C+ =77-79.99% C =73-76.99% C- =70-72.99% D+ =60-69.99% D =50-59.99% F =0-49.99%3 Labs Labs are about mastering GIS skills. 10 out of 13 labs are concerned with developing intermediate-level skills in using ArcInfo 10. While adding to or refreshing skills learned from GEO241 (GIS I), relative emphasis will be placed on creating geographic data and conducting spatial analysis. Labs will be completed individually in class when instructors are present under most circumstances. In case you couldn’t complete the lab in class, (1) show up in GIS lab during Neil’s lab hours when a lab assistant is present; (2) work in GEO lab (990 W Fullerton, Rm# 4515) during Julie’s office hours; (3) email questions to instructors if you can’t make it during lab/office hour; (4) do it on your own in places where GIS software is installed. Project You as a group of 4-5 persons will define and implement GIS project based on CBO’s needs. Project consists of the following six milestones. Summary of tasks involved in each milestone is provided below: • P0 (proposal): form a group, choose a project, and describe problems • P1 (needs assessment): state goal, objectives, and describe information products • P2 (system requirements): specify data and operational requirements • P3 (data acquisition): acquire data suited to problems, and assess data quality • P4 (data analysis): lay out plan for visualizing and analyzing data • P5 (presentation): present results to clients • P6 (final report): it should include introduction, needs assessment (P1), system requirements (P2), data acquisition (P3), data analysis (P4), results, and conclusions Each group is required to submit milestone reports following tentative schedules (the rightmost column). Detailed guidelines for milestone reports will be provided in a timely fashion. Each milestone carries 4 points except for P0 (no points) and P6 (20 points). It is important that feedback provided for each milestone from P1 to P4 is incorporated into P6. Each group will be given less than 15 minutes in each class for project meeting by the seventh week. It means that you need to meet with group members outside of the classroom during that period (1-7th week). Therefore, it is important that you work with group members who can minimize schedule conflict or set up viable communication channels (e.g., email, cell phone, skype, online forum in D2L, social media) if meeting in person is not amenable. At the end of the quarter, you are required to fill in peer evaluation form – this is to avoid a potential free-riders problem. The peer evaluation form will be used to make adjustment to the final grade of individuals in