GEOGRAPHY:
SPATIAL ANALYSIS, THEORY AND PRACTICE
NRE501, SECTION 043 (3 credits)
SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
http://www.umich.edu


Class Resource Page

                                                                  http://www.snre.umich.edu/501/sandy1.htm

 
 
Sweena Aulakh Kristina Maldre animated extra Amy Sharp
Shannon J. Brines animated extra Amie Ottinger Wayne Walker, animation
Kate Drueke Glenn Palmgren Tonya D. West
Matt Lauffer map; full home page display Charles Rennie
Audra Laug Robin Saha


Professor Sandra Arlinghaus (Ph.D.)
Fall, 1997.
Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m.
Dana Building 1520 (class)
Office in Dana:  2044
Research office:  1130 Hill Street (Community Systems Foundation)
Phone: 761-1357 (research office); 975-0246 (home, between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.)
e-mail: sarhaus@umich.edu (preferred method of communication)
Office Hours: Friday, 9a.m. to 3p.m.; extra:  Thursday, 1p.m. to 5p.m. and by appointment.


COURSE DESCRIPTION
    A spatial view of the environment is one that often involves maps.  As the context in which one views an environmental issue is a critical matter, so too is the context in which one views a map.  Thus, the exciting state-of-the-art electronic mapping capability of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and of other mapping software, is cast in the broader context of geography and mathematics--the theoretical foundations from which GIS is derived.
    Isolationist views, from the environmental to the political, cannot survive in the world of the geographically literate.  Creative, scientific approaches to topics, using well-established but untapped tools are envoruaged, as are traditional approaches which clearly exhibit the spatial components of an environmental problem with suggested directions for action.  Students learn mapping in the context of project development.  In careful collaboration with the instructor, each student builds a document and presentation to enhance his/her research and teaching portfolio.

All software used is for the PC.

COURSE MATERIALS


COURSE RESOURCES, AFTER THE FACT
    Student work will be displayed on bulletin boards, both actual and virtual, as appropriate.  See the bulletin board on the second floor of the Dana Building (outside 2044) to view student work from recent terms.

FORMAT
    Casual lecture and discussion (your participation is vital); a research format.  Student success in this sort of research-style format depends heavily on students working on a regular and continuing basis throughout the term.

EVALUATION:
Middle of term:
        Hand in draft of project as mid-term and give formal 5-7 minute oral presentation: 25% of grade.
Two weeks before end of term:
        Presentation of most of final project as a talk (formal 5-7 minute oral presentation):    25% of grade.
Day of scheduled final, Final project is due by 5 p.m.:
        Final project:  50% of grade.

The formal oral presentations are designed to give students experience in a friendly setting of the kinds of constraints they will meet when presenting papers at professional meetings.  The final project may be a term paper, a chapter in a thesis, a substantial website, or other selected in consultation with the instructor.  Hard copy should be prepared using Microsoft Word for Windows using 1 inch margins on all sides, 12 point type, double-spaced.  Notes should be gathered as endnotes.  Graphics may be cut into Word from a variety of packages.  Instructor is quite willing to help individuals needing it with help in word processor use or website development.

Students will have the opportunity each time to discuss matters of concern and to get feedback on a regular basis as needed.
 


LECTURE TOPICS SELECTED FROM AMONG THE FOLLOWING, ACCORDING TO TIME CONSTRAINTS AND STUDENT PROJECT NEEDS.

LECTURE MATERIALS

LECTURE 1


LECTURE 2

LECTURE 3


LECTURE 4
        Overview of various mapping packages

LECTURE 5

LECTURE 6

LECTURE 7


LECTURE 8; GIVEN BY STUDENTS IN CLASS, 10 MINUTES EACH.

LECTURE 9


LECTURE 10
LECTURE 11
LECTURE 12
LECTURE 13             1.  If you link to another site, inform that site by e-mail and offer to disconnect if your site becomes a high volume site...at their request.
            2.  Grabbing an image
                    a.  request permission to use and behave according to answer to request;
                    b.  give cutoff date;
                    c.  put in own directory to avoid bandwidth drain
                    d.  cite source
            3.  Do not use an image if there are disclaimers on it;
            4.  U.S. Government materials; these do not generally require written requests for printed materials...so, apparently, use them...cite source and so forth and send a request if it indicates that one should be sent.
            5.  Link to search engines...do not inform them.  Cite them:  "here's what Yahoo says about Leelanau...", copy link and paste...pass along your search skills...can increase traffic on your site.
            6.  Enter course web page and individual web pages separately in search engines.
            7.  Assemble on 501 web page and list that in search engine.
            8.  Student UM accounts can be kept past graduation (contact Alumni Association)
            9.  Outside US copyright and related laws/ethics vary.
           10. Citations...be clear about where in the documents references are used.
           11. Concepts...tie to concepts...those listed above as well as a host of other:  centrality, hierarchy, density, to name a few.

LECTURE 14
    Student final presentations (13) in alphabetical order according to uniqname.
Permitted Links:
cnrennie  Charles Rennie
compgeek Robin Saha
kmaldre  Kristina Maldre
sjbrines   Shannon Brines
sweenaa  Sweena Aulakh
tonyadw  Tonya West

SESSION 15
    Feedback.

GIS PACKAGES AVAILABLE FOR USE:


MAPPING PACKAGES AVAILABLE FOR USE:
OTHER PACKAGES OF PARTICULAR VALUE:
LABORATORY TOPICS SELECTED FROM AMONG THE FOLLOWING AND IN RESPONSE TO STUDENT NEED

Reductionist approach:

Routine skills: Mechanics of mapping:
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS
RELATED LINKS
RESERVE SHELF (Documents on reserve in the Map Library, 8th Floor, Hatcher (graduate) library.

Selections from among (but not limited to):

Aldenderfer and Maschner, Anthropology, Space, and GIS
Kraak and Ormeling, Cartography:  Visualization of Spatial Data
Wood and Keller, Cartographic Design:  Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
Martin, David.  GIS:  Socioeconomic Applications
Monmonier, M.  How to Lie with Maps, 2nd Edition
Monmonier, M.  Drawing the Line
Thrower, Maps and Civilization
Clarke, Keith.  Analytical and Computer Cartography
Robinson et al.  Elements of Cartography, 6th Edition
Goodchild, M. et al.  Environmental Modeling with GIS
Goodchild, M.  GIS--Principles and Applications
Star and Estes, GIS:  An Introduction.

INSTRUCTOR'S SELECTED PREVIOUS LECTURE FILES OF RELATED USE

Simple curve fitting and other material.  Text files only for entire series. Files with graphics available on computer in 2044 Dana Building.