Introducing GIS for Undergraduate Social Science Courses
August 1-6, 2005: San Fransisco, CA
Schedule
Monday through Friday will be intense structured teaching days with a tight lecture/lab schedule. Workshop days start at 9:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday afternoon, participants are invited to a historical walking tour of San Francisco. Participants may choose to forego the walking tour and remain at SFSU to work with workshop staff on how to tailor data to specific geographic areas and how to merge their own data with data from other sources.
On Saturday, Richard LeGates,and XiaoHang Liu will describe NSF’s evaluation materials available from NSF’s On-line Evaluation Resource Library (OEREL) and the SPACE website and lead a discussion of how to assess impacts of introducing spatial analysis into the social science courses.
Participant Data Needs
The workshop schedule includes optional time for you to work with and analyze your own data. Participants wanting to tailor workshop content to their own interests should compile their own data sets (assuming appropriate permissions are in place and that there is no risk of disclosure of individual data). If you do not have suitable data, sample data sets from all lab sessions and sample data from the software are available. Additionally, there is a wealth of data available to applicants via the Internet (at various credible and verifiable sites). You may wish to explore complied list of data sources from the Institute for Geographic Information Science at SFSU.
| Sunday,July 31: | ||
| Travel day |
All participants should be in San Francisco Sunday evening. |
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| Monday, August 1: | ||
| 9:00 |
Welcome
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| 9:30 |
Overview of spatially integrated social science |
Janelle |
| 10:15 |
Break |
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| 10:30 |
Rebich |
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| 10:30 |
Breakout groups
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| 11:45 |
Breakout group reports |
Rebich |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
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| 1:30 |
Spatial data and its modeling in GIS
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Liu |
| 3:00 |
Break |
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| 3:15 |
ArcMap Operation basics |
LeGates |
| 3:30 |
Lab on basic GIS operations |
LeGates |
| 5:00 |
Break |
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| 5:30 |
Reception |
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| Tuesday, August 2: | ||
| 9:00 |
Introduction to vector GIS
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LeGates |
| 10:00 |
Lab on Vector GIS operations. Querying. Classifying features. |
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| 11:00 |
Break |
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| 11:15 |
Computerized cartography. Map symbolgy. |
LeGates |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
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| 1:30 |
Computerized cartography. Map symbolgy. |
LeGates |
| 3:15 |
Break |
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| 1:30 |
Working with attribute tables
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Nickel |
| 4:00 |
Lab on working with attribute tables |
Nickel |
| Wednesday, August 3: | ||
| 9:00 |
Introduction to raster GIS |
Liu |
| 10:30 |
Break |
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| 10:45 |
Lab exercise on raster-based spatial analysis |
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| 12:00 |
Lunch |
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| 1:30 |
Optional open lab. Participants work on their own, individually, or in groups (with technical support). |
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| 2:30 |
Walking tour of San Francisco* (optional) |
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| Thursday, August 4: | ||
| 9:00 |
Vector-based spatial analysis - Overlay, clip, dissolve, buffer, and related operations etc. |
Nickel |
| 10:30 |
Break |
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| 10:45 |
Lab exercise on vector based spatial data analysis |
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| 12:00 |
Lunch followed by keynote speaker |
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| 1:00 |
Keith Clarke (UCSB): “Spatially enhanced social science” |
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| 2:00 |
Break |
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| 2:15 |
Group discussion of how participants might incorporate spatial analysis into their teaching |
Clarke |
| 3:00 |
Break |
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| 3:15 |
Spatial data acquisition |
Liu |
| 4:15 |
Lab exercise on geocoding |
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| Friday, August 5: | ||
| 9:00 |
Working with census data |
Pamuk |
| 10:00 |
Break |
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| 10:15 |
Lab exercise on downloading census data and preparing a data set tailored to your area and interests |
Pamuk |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
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| 1:30 |
Rebich |
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| 3:15 |
Break |
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| 3:15 |
Open lab with technical support |
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| Saturday, August 6: | ||
| 9:00 |
Closing workshop procedures |
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| 9:15 |
Demo of GIS resources |
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| 10:30 |
Break |
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| 10:45 |
Participants discussion on curriculum design |
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| 12:00 |
Lunch |
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| 1:00 |
Reports/discussion of curriculum design discussions |
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| 2:00 |
Workshop closes |
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* “San Francisco By Foot” walk
We are proud to offer our famous guided walk through the historic districts of San Francisco hosted by Max Kirkeburg. Max has been leading a class by the same name for a number of years and will wow you with his insight and historical knowledge of the area.
Weekends
If you arrive early or stay additional time following the workshop, you may wish to explore some of the amenities of the region and special events. Some of these are listed at:
http://www.sanfrancisco.com/
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_america/san_francisco/
Other Questions?
Contact for questions regarding funding and the instructional programs, and for questions regarding the workshop and accommodations.