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| COURSE | UNIVERSITY | DEPARTMENT | SPECIAL | OUTLINE | LECTURE | LAB | PROJECT | EXAM | METADATA | STANDARDS/LEGAL | DATA QUALITY | DATA SOURCES | IMPLEMENTATION | DECISION MAKING | FUTURE | NCGIA CC | GEOGRAPHER'S CRAFT | OTHER ON-LINE | SOFTWARE | TEXT | COMMENTS | WEBSITE | INSTRUCTOR | |
| Into to GIS for Non-Majors | Brigham Young University | Geography | yes | yes | na | no | no | no | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | arcview | Kraak and Ormeling 1996. Cartography: visualization of spatial data | From course description: "In a wide variety of fields from biology to economics to business, professionals are sometimes required to answer questions and solve problems that are inherently geographic… using these tools effectively involves more than just knowing which buttons to push, so the course will also address some of the conceptual and methodological issues that must be addressed in real world. | |||||
| Interdiscplinary Applications of GIS | California State University Hayward | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | arcview | clarke | In a wide variety of fields professionals are somtimes required to answer questions and solve problems that involves presenting data and information graphically and intepreting them geographically. This course introduces you to some of the tools and technologies that are available for accomplishing above tasks, including maps, spatial information, and GIS. Using these tools effectively involves more than just knowing which buttons to push, so the course will also discuss some of the conceptual and methodological issues that must be addressed in real-world applications | |||||
| Basic Geographic, Spatial, and GIS Concepts | Denver University | GIS | evening course, certificate | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | ArcView | clarke, GTAV | GIS industry and functional components of GIS; GIS applications, users, and their data analysis requirements; map scale, coordinate systems, and projections; raster and vector data models; data acquisition technologies for capturing GIS data; routine spatial and table-based queries | http://www.du.edu/~shick/gis4501/Syl_4501.htm | Steven Hick | shick@ du.edu | |
| GIS Using Internet Resources | George Mason University | Geography and Earth Systems Science | yes | yes | yes | yes | "Begin by selecting a couple of regions and see what information you can find for them. Be sure to cover the 4 dimensions of space, time, phenomenon (or feature) and scale. Extraction, simplification, reformatting, etc." | http://home.earthlink.net/~ldecola/geog590/index.html | Lee De Cola | |||||||||||||||
| Introduction to Geographic Information | Michigan State | Geography | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | ArcView | a combined introduction to cartography, geographical information systems, and remote sensing, as all three of these areas are concerned with spatial data | http://www.msu.edu/~olsonj/Syll221.htm | Judy Olson | olsonj@pilot.msu.edu | |||
| NCGIA Core Curriculum for GIScience | NCGIA | geography | yes | yes | no | no | indirect | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | Section 3.2 "Supplying the Data" under (GI - Society) dicusses public access, digital libraries, transfer standards, marketing data; legal issues. Other applicable units: SDSS, Making it Work (implementation); Handling Uncertainty; Populating the GISsystem (data exchange; finding data; metadata (081) | http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/cc_outline.html | |||||||
| Fundamentals of GIS | Ohio State University | Geography | interdiscplinary | yes | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | Interdiscplinary class for several different dept. and taught by professors in different departments. Four lectures on map fundamentals; two lectures on spatial database structure (beyond raster/vector!) two lectures on data requirements; very brief on analysis. Exam question: difference between active and passive metadata? | http://www.arch.ohio-state.edu/crp/courses/CRP607/syllabus.html | M. O'Kelly | ||||
| The Nature of Geographic Information | Penn State | Geography | distance, certificate | yes | na | na | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes | Geomedia | Worldcampus distance learning program. Web-based and requires homeware. Provides detailed learning objectives with metadata integrated throughout the course. Focus on different data types | https://www.worldcampus.psu.edu:8901/welcome/geog5121/welcome.html | David DiBiase | dwd1@psu.edu | ||
| Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics | Rutgers | Urban Studies and Planning | yes | yes | na | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | aronoff | a basic intro geographic information similar to Penn State's Mapping Our Changing World; covers all data sources including GPS/remote sensing; some technical issues (scanning, cogo); resolution and accuracy; organizational/ societal issues; exercise to find, download, interpret metadata on the Web | http://urban.rutgers.edu/geomatic/description.html | Lyna Wiggins | |||
| Introduction to Geographic Analysis | San Francisco State University | Geography | yes | yes | na | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | arcview | Hohl and Mayo, ArcView GIS Execrise Book | Introduction to the use of computers for geographic analysis, starting with an introduction to basic computer functionality,operating systems, graphical user interfaces and spreadsheets, and progressing to GIS. Explores data structures suitable for earth images, maps and spatial datasets. Metadata emphasized in one lecture, "Datasets for GIA/GIS". Separate lecture on data quality (G. Craft) | http://www.sfsu.edu/~geog/kassim/html/geo603/geo603_frameset.html | Kassim Visram | |||
| Intro to Mapping and GIS | San Jose State University | Geography | certificate | na | na | na | yes | The certificate program in Geographic Information Science provides undergraduate and graduate students in Geography, Urban Planning, and other disciplines the opportunity to develop expertise in the creation, manipulation, analysis, and display of geographic information. | http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/geography/datashts/geoggis.htm | Richard Taketa | rtaketa@email.sjsu.edu | |||||||||||||
| Intro to Mapping and GIS | Santa Barbara City College | Earth Science | community college | yes | na | na | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | Clarke | Recommended for anyone who is using or anticpates using any of the many types of data that can be mapped | ||||
| Into to GIS | University of British Columbia | geography | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | Paul Cote at Harvard | idrisi | Heywood, 1998. An Introduction to GIS. | "Data sources for GIS" includes links to Paul Cote's "Critical evaluation of data sources" and NSDI bulletin on metadata. "Exploring the data" exercise addresses data accuracy, currency, measurement values. For technical software skills, refers students to a GIS program at a technical institute. Both this class and class above could border on "GIS basic" | |||||
| Intro to GIScience | University of Buffalo | geography | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | yes | Direct links to NCGIA Giscience CC units and some UCGIS papers; covers different topics such as distributed computing; usability; UCGIS GIS & Society research priority; Varenius project (empowerment, public participation); GIS marketplace; link to NSDI | http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/~dmark/GEO591.html | David Mark | dmark@geog.buffalo.edu | ||||
| Introduction to Geographic Information | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Geography | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes | arcview | Heywood, 1998. An Introduction to GIS. | Data Quality and Data Exchange last section with subtitle "Metadata: the most important thing you can do?". Exercise on the web at NSDI and NC clearinghouses looking at metdata. Error checking exercise. Basic geodesy, thematic mapping, GIS data development, data quality, project planning, suitability analysis. Other courses correspond to orginal NCGIA CC: technical issues; applied issues | http://www.unc.edu/depts/geog/courses/fall1999/geog070-1/ | Phil Page | philpage@unc.edu | ||
| Digital Techniques in Geography | University of Northern Alabama | geography | certificate | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | arc/info | ESRI: understanding GIS | Find/download new database from internet. Heads-up digitizing off an orthophoto plus create metadata for each tile then merge tiles and metadata plus process documentation. | http://www.una.edu/geography/classes/ge484/course_outline/outline.html | Lisa Keys-Matthews | lmathews@unanov.una.edu | |
| GIS: Strategic Insights on the Desktop | University of Pittsburgh | Graduate School of Public and International Affairs | yes | na | na | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | yes | MapInfo | prepare participants to undertake spatially informed management, planning, and policy assignments while recognizing that these assignments often require a special blend of technical skills, analytical conceptualization, and knowledge of particular phenomena | http://www.pitt.edu/~jimmyd/courses/pia2715/Spring99/PIA_2715_Description.htm | James DeAngelis | jimmyd@pitt.edu | |||
| Concepts for Spatial Thinking | University of Southern California | Geography | certificate, distance | yes | na | na | no | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | ESRI virtual campus | arcview | slightly more orientation toward GIScience (cognition, geodesy), less on organizational/societal issues. Part of a distance learning GIS certificate requiring 3 courses/1 year, also taught as a traditional univ. course | http://ww.usc.edu/dept/geography/learngis | Chris Williamson | cbwillia@usc.edu | ||
| Geographer's Craft | University of Texas at Austin | Geography | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | readings | promote analytical reasoning and critical thinking by having students address research problems with 'appropriate' geographical concepts and techniques, whether drawn from cartography, geographic information systems, remote sensing, spatial statistics, or other information technologies | http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/contents.html | Kenneth Foote | k.foote@mail.utexas.edu. | ||
| Maps and GIS | University of Washington | Geography | na | na | na | na | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maps and Mapping | University of Wyoming | Geography | yes | na | na | no | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | yes | Arcview | http://www.wygisc.uwyo.edu/~hammer/g&r2150/fall99/main.html | Jeff Hamerlinck | itasca@uwyo.edu |