What is GIS: and why you should care

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SRP GIS Your Poster
Tracey Hughes, UCSD GIS Coordinator January 2008
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Why Im here

• Reminder that free printing GIS
• Recap of GIS resources
• Examples of spatial analysis
• Tips for poster

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• The application of GIS is limited
• only by the imagination
• of those who use it.
• Jack Dangermond, ESRI President Founder

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Introduction to GIS

• Geographic Information System
• Implemented with software tools
• Layers Attributes

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Layers
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Attributes

• Behind the map are tables (Excel, txt, csv, etc.)

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The GIS Process

• Ask a question
• Obtain necessary data
• Determine best method of analysis
• Temporal
• Spatial
• Attribute
• Analyze
• Present results

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See things anew
Percentage of population below poverty level
viewed as height
Image created by TELESIS with UCSDs Regional
Workbench Consortium
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Say it well

• Communicate.
• Sell your position.
• as the saying goes, a picture is worth a
  thousand words!

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Itll be free.

• GIS spatial analysis
• Examples of spatial analysis
• Distance between sites/features
• Relationship between two elements such as
• roads schools
• wetlands rivers
• affordable housing bus lines
• zoning race
• density income
• etc.

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What you have to do

• Decide VERY soon if you are going to use GIS in
  your project
• Attend GIS training (Feb. 7 Feb. 14)
• Actually use GIS analysis for your project as
  part of your poster
• Follow requirements for GIS map elements

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SRP GIS Workshop

• 2 GIS Workshops just for you
• Both are from 4 6 pm in the Geisel Library
  Electronic Classroom (in the doors, go left,
  first classroom on left)
• Thursday, February 7 (for all AOCs but 5 7)
• Thursday, Febrary 14 (for all AOCs but 8, 9 10)
• Limited to 20 people per workshop
• You MUST email me at t2hughes_at_ucsd.edu by
  February 4 if you are going to attend EITHER ONE

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SRP GIS Workshop (cont.)

• Content to be covered in workshop
• Hands-on intro to ArcGIS software (frequently
  used tools actions)
• Overview of readily available and usable GIS data
  (X drive)
• Change a table into GIS data
• Basics of symbology
• Perform spatial analysis
• Basics of map layout
• You need to
• Actually want to learn GIS
• Think about the components of your SRP what you
  might like to do with GIS

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GIS Data

• X Drive in Geisel GIS Lab
• Your Excel files and tables
• Your GPS data
• Your written data
• GIS Sage Page

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GIS Data (cont.)

• Local San Diego Data (already on X Drive in GIS
  Lab)
• SANDAG http//www.sandag.org
• Land Use (mid 1980s Present)
• Community Planning Areas
• Transit Routes Stops
• Schools
• SanGIS http//www.sangis.org
• Zoning
• Parks
• Business Enterprise Zones

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GIS Data (cont.)

• Lots more data all ready for you to use
• Indian Reservations
• Land Use
• Zoning
• Utilities (for City of SD)

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• Spatial analysis ideas
• specific to the
• Grand Challenges

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Spatial Analysis Grand Challenges

• Architecture Urban Design (Urban Parks
  Sustainability)
• Parks
• Population
• MSPC Designated Areas
• Public Land
• Land Use
• Community Plan Areas
• Major Employers
• Tourist Attractions
• Vegetation
• Topography
• Transportation
• Rainfall

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Spatial Analysis Grand Challenges
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Spatial Analysis Grand Challenges
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Spatial Analysis Grand Challenges
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Spatial Analysis Grand Challenges

• All reqd
• elements
• present

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Spatial Analysis Grand Challenges

• Community Economic Development
  (Neighborhoods/QOL/Public Subsidies)
• Census housing data (ownership/rental, age of
  house age of residents)
• Census population data
• Census education data
• Facilities (libraries, schools, hospitals, rec
  centers)
• Transportation (public, alternative roadways)

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Spatial Analysis Grand Challenges
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Spatial Analysis Grand Challenges
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Spatial Analysis Grand Challenges
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Spatial Analysis Grand Challenges
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Spatial Analysis Grand Challenges
19,183 black versus 143,237 white
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Some Tips for Your Posters

• Great resources already out there
• Check out your website Expo archive
• Those sources lead to more sources
• 1 Priority Think about what is it you really
  want to say
• Question
• Abstract
• Methods
• Conclusions
• What is interesting

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Some Tips for Your Posters

• Actually design the poster
• Software
• Size
• Logic legibility
• Flow
• Interest
• Required Poster Elements
• Print it
• Mount it

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Some Tips for Your Posters

• TIP Type your abstract out in font that is at
  least 18 point font. See how much room it will
  take up on the poster. Does it look better in
  portrait or landscape? Is it big enough to read
  from at least 5 feet away? Tape it to your wall
  and then walk away and try to read it. This will
  give you a sense of how much space on the poster
  readable text will require.

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Some Tips for Your Posters

• Do NOT
• Neglect font size color
• Use too much text
• Ensure you have all required elements on the
  poster
• Forget to spell check!!!!

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Some Samples for Thought
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Details on Free Printing

• Must include GIS spatial analysis reqd map
  elements
• PDF to Tracey by March 11, 2008 at 2 pm
• Email attachment or email disc delivered
• Final size no larger than 36x50
• Email confirmation
• You pick up your poster

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Its up to you.

• The application of GIS is limited
• only by the imagination
• of those who use it.
• Jack Dangermond, ESRI President Founder

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You have help!

• Tracey Hughes, GIS Coordinator
• Geisel GIS Lab
• t2hughes_at_ucsd.edu
• [phone]