Thus, students will learn some of the theory behind the analysis and will have a chance to put theory into practice.  Guest speakers from various municipalities will illustrate how GIS is in use in various locales.  Students may work individually or in small groups.  All students are to post work, as it is done, on the website set up during the first week of class.  That way, students receive ongoing feedback on progress.

• 10%  reserved for attendance (including arriving on time) and participation in full length of classes and labs (two minute synopsis of content to be handed in following each class and prior to lab)
• 10% for field trip to City of Ann Arbor Planning Commission meeting and synopsis of content, as it relates to GIS usage, posted on individual websites
• 15% for midterm presentation (4 hour time slot split evenly among projects)
• 15% for final presentation (4 hour time slot split evenly among projects)
• 50% for final project which must be presented as a website by each individual student and due prior to the time of the final presentation.

          Required:  an active U of M e-mail account 
          Required:  a website (to be built throughout the course) 
          Required:  as many Zip disks or blank CDs as needed to hold files. 
          Required:  willingness to expand IFS space if needed to hold files.

There will be a class website containing lecture notes, links to source materials on the web, citations to printed matter that might be useful, and strategies that might be of use in the lab. 

Lab fee for course covers the cost of plotter usage (paper and ink) for creating posters as well as any related mapping expenses.

Two-hour lab in which students work on projects and have an opportunity to troubleshoot projects and learn new skills specific to their own interests.  Both Sandy and Ming-Hui will be available in lab to help in the process.  Lab is a good time to take advantage of their expertise.

• WHEN IN DOUBT--ASK--OVER THE E-MAIL, THE PHONE, IN OFFICE HOURS, IN CLASS, IN LAB--BUT, PLEASE, ASK! 
• Remember, the focus of this course is on implementation and concepts.  Concepts are necessary because they are what remain constant (relatively) as technology changes.  The focus of this course is not on acquisition of software skills (which is why there is a prerequisite and why you are told to ask when a problem arises--please do not waste time spinning your wheels!).
• This website is your "text" for the course; read it on a weekly basis and follow all the links on it.
• Feel free to suggest additions to the "text"--help to make it yours.
• Carry a blank zip disk with you at all times
• Back up your files frequently and on more than one medium (for example, on a zip disk and in your ifs space).

• Institute of Mathematical Geography:  IMaGe--Monograph Series, Solstice, and Reprint Series
• Founder
• Director
• Editor-in-Chief
• Community Systems Foundation, an International NGO 
• Director, Spatial Analysis Division;
• Member, Board of Trustees).
• Director of Intern Program.
• Webmaster.
• International Society of Spatial Sciences, Founding Director
• Ongoing book projects with multiple co-authors.
• EBook, to be published by John Wiley & Sons (New York), soon to be released --  Graph Theory and Geography:  An Interactive View.  Co-Authors:  William C. Arlinghaus and Frank Harary.
• Research Archive available on request to qualified requests (over 100 book and research articles published).

• City of Ann Arbor, Planning Commissioner 1995-present
• Secretary
• Member,  Ordinance Revisions Committee
• Past Co-vice Chair, Northeast Area Master Plan Citizens Advisory Committee
• Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Northeast Area Transportation Committee
• City of Ann Arbor, Environmental Commissioner, 1999-present.
• Member, Water Quality subgroup
• Website designer
• City of Ann Arbor, Neighborhood Watch Advisory Committee.
• Past President, Bromley Homeowners Association (five years).

• Current Curriculum Vita
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