Please Bookmark These!“GIS @ OSU”
geo.oregonstate.edu/ucgis
Help with GISgeo.oregonstate.edu/ucgis/gis_resources.html
ESRI site license info.geo.oregonstate.edu/esri/
Geographic Information Science Certificatesgeo.oregonstate.edu/gcert
Campus GIS assistant – Dori Dick - [email protected] and Coastal GIS Links - Davey Jones’ Locker
marinecoastalgis.net
ESRI Virtual Campus (software training)FREE subscriptions to OSU students
training.esri.comArcGIS 9 and ArcGIS 10Geodatabase BasicsServer GIS (ArcGIS Server)ArcGIS ExtensionsMap ProjectionsMUCH more!
Free VC courses for OSUwww.geo.orst.edu/esri/esri_distrib.html#vc
get course access code(s) from Dori [email protected]
GEO 565 Bibliographies (Opt 1),
Term Papers (Opt 2)
All due 5:00 p.m., this FridayNO EXTENSIONS
Final ExamWednesday, March 16th, 2:00-4:00
p.m. Web Mashups (Opt 3) due also by 4:00 p.m.
Final ExamFormat
Part 1 - Multiple choice on scantron/bring #2 pencil Part 2 - Short answerComprehensive 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
Final Exam - cont.Major Concepts
Some terms: SQL, ecological fallacy, mixel, spatial autocorrelationSpatial analysis (lec. 11-12), 3-D, UCGIS research priorities, guest lecturesDistinguishing characteristics of GISTopology - the “diagram” may appear againObject vs. field, vector vs. rasterFuture of GIS
“Nasties”Resolution of gridGIS queries as part of an analysis step
Where to Go From Here
Keep reading the geography/GIS literature and surfing the webArcUser, ArcNews, workbooks (GIS Tutorial, etc.)Get an internship or research projectGo to conferences, workshops
The Future of GIS
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, interpolationTOOLS - labs
GISystems, GIScience and GIStudies
GISystems
GIStudiesGIScience
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
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
http://www.ucgis.org
Geographic Information Science & Technology “Body of Knowledge”
http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/gis/GIS_Body_Knowledge_Flyer.pdf
A Research Agenda (example below)
Future of the Spatial Information Infrastructure
Information policy• Intellectual property rights, privacy,
liability
Digital government researchLocal generation and integration of data• Public participation GIS
Long-Term Research Priorities priorities-->research research agenda
Geographic RepresentationScaleSpatial Data Acquisition & IntegrationSpatial CognitionSpatial Ontologies
Space and Space/Time Analysis & ModelingUncertaintyVisualizationGIS and SocietyGeographic Information Engineering
“Grand Challenges”National Academy of Engineering
Make solar energy affordableEngineer better medicinesPrevent nuclear terror
Provide access to clean water everywhereSecure cyberspaceReverse-engineer the brain!
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!
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
Grand Challenges in GIScience??See more resources at:
http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/grand_challenges.html
Some of the future is NOW!
Desktop mapping on a budgetReal high end powerGIS/GPS integrationRapidly maturing market with broad public acceptance and knowledgeThe Web: More than data delivery
GIS and the Internet
Access distributed data and processing systemsPublish data and knowledge between usersFrom monolithic desktop systems to distributed GI-ServicesGeography is still very important in cyberspace
GIS and the Internet
Access distributed data and processing systemsPublish data and knowledge between usersFrom monolithic desktop systems to distributed GI-Services “Server GIS”
“Cloud GIS”Geography is still very important in cyberspace
GIS and the Internet: Mashups
County map w/pie chart of election resultsGoogle Map with sunrise/sunset calculatorGoogle Map with line generalizer so lines with GPS points load more quicklyMaps with tags, comments, personalization, etc.Javascript APIsArcGIS Javascript API for ArcGIS server
GIS DriversHardware price: performance continues to improveHardware diversity increasesSoftware functionality continues to improveGIScience becomes the normMore GI is created and accessibleGIS plays a pivotal role in New ScienceGeographic measurement technologies become all-pervasive
Impact of Moore’s Law
Longley et al. text
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Impact of Moore’s Law
Longley et al. text
Increase in GIS Functionality
Longley et al. text
Falling Cost of GIS
Longley et al. text
““Computing is not about Computing is not about computers any more. It is about computers any more. It is about living.”living.”
-- Nicholas Negroponte, Founding Director of -- Nicholas Negroponte, Founding Director of MIT’s Media Lab. MIT’s Media Lab. Being DigitalBeing Digital (1995), p. 6. (1995), p. 6.
““GIS is not about systems GIS is not about systems anymore. It’s about geography.”anymore. It’s about geography.”
-- Keith Clarke, UC-Santa Barbara-- Keith Clarke, UC-Santa BarbaraAuthor, Author, Getting Started w/Geographic Information SystemsGetting Started w/Geographic Information Systems
GIS/GPS Integration
In-Vehicle Navigation Systems
How about nav systems for these??
www.skycarexpedition.com – London to the Sahara
www.terrafugia.com
Wearable computers come of age …
Wearable GIS?!
InputTouch
• Gloves• Sensors
Sight• Vision tracking• Cameras
GIS as clothing
From the research of Professor Keith Clarke, UCSB
Flexible computer displays
USB 3.0 – download a 25 Gb file in under 60 seconds
Technology in 2019?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQdGvfV4WnU
http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/
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
But there are some real issues….(Longley et al., Chapter 20)
Freedom of Expression
Personal Privacy
vs.
U.S.?Europe?
For context, listen to the NPR story at http://bit.ly/d9276g
Constraints to GIS Development??
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.
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
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
GIS: Going In Style
Thank You!
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