11.521 Spatial Database Management and Advanced Geographic Information Systems 11.523 Fundamentals of Spatial Database Management (1st half - until Spring Break) 11.524 Advanced Geographic Information System Project (2nd half - after Spring Break)
To accomodate class conflicts, we have adjusted the class times as follows:
Tuesday, Lab: 3-6 PM (4-5:00 is the important part) in Room 37-312
Thursday, Lecture: 4-5:30 PM in Room 9-251
Room 37-312 is the MIT computing lab in building 37
Room 9-251 is the SA+P School computing lab in building 9
NOTE #1: The 4-5:00 PM portion of the Tuesday lab is the important part when the lab introduction and lab tips are presented. The first hour is open lab time to work on exercises and ask questions. Students with conflicts during the first or last hour of lab can finish the lab exercises on their own at other times.
NOTE #2: After Spring Break, the 11.523 portion of the class ends and the 11.524 portion begins. The 11.524 portion is run as a workshop with all Tuesday and Thursday times devoted to class project work.
11.521 combines the two half-semester modules 11.523 and 11.524.
During the first half-semester, 11.523 is a hands-on introduction to spatial analysis, spatial database management, and distributed GIS. We focus on planning applications involving parcel- to metropolitan-scale analyses of land use and transportation, spatial structure, neighborhood dynamics, urban management, and urban indicators. We use enterprise GIS, map mashups, SQL, and advanced GIS techniques. Weekly lab exercises build facility with relational database management and spatial analysis methods using real-world Boston metro datasets.
During the second half-semester class, 11.524 undertakes a class project utilizing these advanced GIS and spatial data management skills. The project focuses on spatial analyses of metro Boston land use and transportation patterns and planning options related to sustainability and mobility. We will explore ways of facilitating regional/local planning dialog through the use of State and Local government GIS data layers together with metropolitan planning models such as the MAPC's MetroFuture regional planning model.
11.523 is now designed to be accessible to students with a minimal prior introduction to GIS: e.g., the half-semester "11.205 -Introduction to Sptatial Analysis" module taught this past Fall (see http://stellar.mit.edu/11.205). You do not need the full-semester introduction to GIS (11.188 or 11.520),