Please Bookmark These!“GIS @ OSU”

geo.oregonstate.edu/ucgisHelp with GIS

geo.oregonstate.edu/ucgis/gis_resources.htmlESRI site license info.

geo.oregonstate.edu/esri/Geographic Information Science Certificates

geo.oregonstate.edu/gcertCampus GIS assistant – Dori Dick - dickd@geo.oregonstate.eduMarine 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 Dickdickd@geo.oregonstate.edu

GEO 565 Bibliographies (Opt 1),

Term Papers (Opt 2)All due 5:00 p.m., this Friday

NO EXTENSIONSFinal Exam

Wednesday, 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 HereKeep 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 curriculumCONCEPTS - 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 GIStudiesGIScience – 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 InternetAccess 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 InternetAccess 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: MashupsCounty 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?!Input

Touch• 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 Privacyvs.

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!