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Course
Description (Spring 2014)
This
class uses lab exercises and a workshop setting to
help students develop a solid understanding of the
planning and public management uses of geographic
information systems (GIS). The goals are to help
students:
- Acquire
technical skills in the use of GIS software.
- Acquire
qualitative methods skills in data and
document gathering, analyzing information,
and presenting results.
- Investigate
the potential and practicality of GIS
technologies in a typical planning setting
and evaluate possible applications.
The
workshop
teaches GIS techniques and basic database
management at a level that extends somewhat beyond
the thematic mapping and data manipulation skills
included in the Fall half-semester MCP core GIS
and spatial analysis class, 11.205.
Both 11.205
and 11.188 cover
basic thematic mapping and the buffering
and overlay operations (using
vector and raster data) that are involved in
basic 'site suitability' assessments. The 11.188
lab adds a bit more database management (using
MS-Access), an introduction to model building
tools (Model Builder), and a small, individual
project. We try to teach GIS methods and
techniques with some attention to
open-ended planning questions that invite spatial
analysis but will
- require
judgement and exploration to select relevant
data and mapping techniques,
- involve
mixing and matching new, local data with
extracts from official records (such as
census data, parcel data and regional
employment and population forecasts),
- utilize
spatial analysis techniques such as
buffering, address matching, overlays
- use
other modeling and visualization techniques
beyond thematic mapping, and
- raise
questions about the skills, strategy, and
organizational support needed to sustain
such analytic capability within a variety of
local and regional planning settings.
Class
Meetings
- Lecture: Wednesday,
2:30-4:00
PM in Room 14E-310
- Lab Preparation & Lab: Monday, 2:30-5:00
in Room W31-301
[Hearing the Lab
prep presentation at 2:30 and starting the
exercise are the key lab parts. Students can
leave for other classes beginning at 3:30 or
4 and finish the exercises later on
their own.
- Additional optional lab times will
be arranged
(most likely on Frdiay and/or Sunday).
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