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Introduction to Spatial Pattern Analysis in a GIS Environment - Agenda

Morning sessions are from 8:30am to 12:00pm daily in Ellison Hall, Room 2620.
Afternoon sessions are from 1:00 to 5:00 next door in the Star Lab, Room 2610.

Monday, June 28:
8:30

Welcome, Workshop Objectives, Staff Introductions

Couclelis, Getis

9:00

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS: Basic Concepts of GIS

Goodchild

10:15

Participant Introductions

 

11:15

INTRODUCTION TO PATTERN ANALYSIS: Context and Problems

Getis

12:15

Lunch

 

1:30

Social Science Application: GIS AND DEMOGRAPHY

Weeks

2:00

Break

 

2:30

Hands-on Demo: ARCGIS: AN INTRODUCTION

Aldstadt

3:45

Exercise 1: PREPARING FOR ANALYSIS

Aldstadt, Addlesberger

5:30

Reception: UCSB Faculty Club

 

     
Tuesday, June 29:
8:30

GIS FUNCTIONALITY: Core Methods of Spatial Analysis

Goodchild

9:30

AN INTRODUCTION TO PATTERN STATISTICS:
The Role of Distance, Global Statistics

Getis

11:00

Social Science Application: SPATIAL PATTERNS OF BIRTH DATA
This presentation was based on Christopher Peak and John R. Weeks, “Does Community Context Influence Reproductive Outcomes of Mexican Origin Women in San Diego, California?” Journal of Immigrant Health, 4(3):125-136, 2002.

Weeks

12:00

Lunch

 

1:15

Hands-on Demo: ARCGIS: FUNCTIONALITY

Aldstadt

2:30

Exercise 2: PATTERN DIFFERENCES

Aldstadt, Addlesberger

3:30

Project Development

Staff

     
Wednesday, June 30:
8:30

Participant discussion of projects

Getis

9:00

INTEGRATING GIS AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS: Data, Languages, Customization

Goodchild

10:15

GLOBAL MEASURES OF SPATIAL PATTERN: Local Statistics, Spatial Filtering

Getis

11:15

Social Science Application: SPATIAL PATTERNS OF FERTILITY IN EGYPT
This presentation was based on John R. Weeks, Arthur Getis, Allan G. Hill, Tarek Rashed, and M. Saad Gadalla, “The Fertility Transition in Egypt: Intra-Urban Patterns in Cairo,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94 (1):74-93, 2004.

Weeks

12:15

Lunch

 

2:00

Demo: POINT PATTERN ANALYSIS

Aldstadt

2:30

Exercise 3: LOCAL STATISTICS ANALYSIS

Aldstadt, Addlesberger

4:00

Project Development

Staff

     
Thursday, July 1:
8:30

Participant discussion of projects

Getis

9:30

GEOSTATISTICS: THE SEMIVARIOGRAM AND KRIGING

Getis

11:00

GI SCIENCE: CURRENT TECHNOLOGY

Goodchild

12:00

Lunch

 

1:15

Project Development

Staff

5:30

BarBQ, Goleta Beach, Area B

 

     
Friday, July 2:
8:30

Closing workshop procedures

Janelle

9:00

SPATIAL REGRESSION MODELING:
Spatial Parameters in Autoregressive Models and GWR

Getis

11:00

Project Discussion

 

12:00

Lunch

 

1:15

Distribution of reports, summing up

Participants

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