Internet Mapping and Distributed GIServices
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Internet Mapping and Distributed GIServices
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GEOG 583 Lectures: Thur. (I) 12:30pm - 1:40pm, (II) 2:00pm-2:50pm Location: Storm Hall 248(I), 338(II) Labs: Thur. 3:00pm - 4:40pm Lab room: Storm Hall 338
Overview: This course introduces current development of Internet mapping and advanced cartographic skills in Web-based maps. By using Web-authoring tools (Frontpage XP) and Internet Map servers (ESRI ArcIMS, ER Mapper Image Web Server, and INTERGRAPH’s GeoMedia WebMap Server), students can learn both the techniques of Internet mapping and the principles of interactive cartography, including multimedia, animation, and user interface design. The lectures will focus on the theories and principles behind the Internet mapping, including distributed component technologies, graphic designs, and network communications. The lab exercises will focus on the practical applications and Web design skills for Internet map servers. Students will learn how to design and set up an Internet Map Server and to publish their Web maps on the server.
Prerequisites: GEO 380 or GEO381 or GEO484 or Web design experiences.
Textbook (required): Peng, Z.R. and Tsou, M.H. (2003). Internet GIS: distributed geographic information services for the Internet and wireless networks. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. http://map.sdsu.edu/gisbook Lectures: The lectures will focus on the theories and principles behind the Internet mapping and distributed GIServices. There are two sessions for the lecture part. The first session (I) will focus on the theories and principles of Internet Mapping and distributed GIServices. The second session (II) will focus on the actual web authoring skills and software configuration with Internet connection.
Lab Exercises: The lab exercises will focus on the practical installation and web design training for Internet map servers. Students must attend each lab session. Lab exercises focus on the training of Internet Mapping skills by using FrontPage software, and ArcIMS GIS package.
Grading: Midterm exam 25%, Lab exercises 40%, Group project and Web design 30%, Class participation (assignments) 5%.
Graduate students will have an additional assignment (literature review in their specialty areas with the Internet application). Additional 10% The literature review will ask the students to gather the following information: 1. Find out TWO web sites which focus on your own special areas (hydrology, urban geography, etc.), and write a few paragraphs to introduce the web site in HTML format. (Put the results on your assigned Web page). 2. Write an essay about the impact of Internet on your own specialty group and identify the potential connections of the Internet applications with your own study area. (two or three pages and put the essay on your Web page). (Graduate student assignment due day is May 3, 2007 – one week before the final presentation).
Additional Readings: (electronic copies in the Z:/data/readings/ drive)Butler, Declan (2006). The web-wide world. Nature, 439(16). February 2006, pp. 776-778. Bush, V. (1945). As We May Think. The Atlantic Monthly, vol. July. Pp.101-108. URL: http://www.cs.sfu.ca/CC/365/mark/material/notes/Chap1/VBushArticle/ Limp, F. W. (2001). User needs drive web mapping product selection. GEOWorld Februry 2001. pp. 8-16. (Hand-out) MacEachren, A. M. & Kraak, M. (2001). Research Challenges in Geovisualization, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol.28, No.1, 2001. URL: http://www.geovista.psu.edu/icavis/publications.html Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) (2000). Open GIS Web Map Server Interface Implementation Specification (Revision 1.0.0). Wayland, Massachusetts: Open GIS Consortium, Inc. http://www.opengis.org/techno/specs.htm#implementation Putz, Steve. (1994). Interactive Information Services Using World Wide Web Hypertext. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on the World-Wide Web, Geneva, Switzerland. URL: http://www94.web.cern.ch/WWW94/PrelimProcs.html Tsou, M.H. (2004). Integrating Web-based GIS and On-line Remote Sensing Facilities for Environmental Monitoring and Management. In special issue on the potential of web-based GIS, the Journal of Geographical Systems, No. 6: 155-174. http://map.sdsu.edu/publications/Tsou-J-Geosystem.pdf
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