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Teaching Students How to Apply Teaching Students How to Apply GIS Technology to Improve GIS Technology to Improve Government Decision Making Government Decision Making Becky J. Starnes Objectives Objectives Purpose of Session GIS Overview

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Teaching Students How to Apply GIS Technology to Improve Government Decision Making Teaching Students How to Apply GIS Technology to Improve Government Decision Making

Becky J. Starnes

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Objectives Objectives

Purpose of Session GIS Overview Course Applications Public Sector Examples Access to GIS Education Materials

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Purpose Purpose

Improve student learning

– Enhancement of 21st Century workplace knowledge and skills – Innovative curricula – Active-learning method

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Overview Overview

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system capable of capturing, storing, analyzing, and displaying geographically referenced information; that is, data identified according to location.

U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey Introduction to GIS Introduction to GIS

GIS Yesterday and GIS Today

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Why GIS in Course Curriculum Why GIS in Course Curriculum

Public administrators can use real-time

information to solve real-world problems

– Strengthen skills

Communication
Planning
Researching
Problem solving
Decision making

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APSU Application APSU Application

Public administration courses

– Online GIS courses – Students work individually or in teams – GIS center technicians and professor serve as facilitators – Students complete assignments and discuss results – Students get a certificate of course completion

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Research Methods Course Research Methods Course

Focus on GIS as a research tool
Getting Started with GIS

– Course design

Introduction & learning objectives
Three topic modules

– Build and manage a GIS database – Create different types of maps – Make queries and analyze data

Application exercises

– Find country seats of government in Florida – Find all state parks in Florida – Make recommendations to a city task force of the best areas to locate a youth center

Module exams

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Urban Planning Course Urban Planning Course

Focus is on GIS as a planning tool

– Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning

Study urban planning theories and type of data
Create zoning maps
Assess property changes and values
Create impact assessments
Map infrastructure priorities in support of a regional

strategic plan

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Other Course Opportunities Other Course Opportunities

Criminal justice
Emergency management
Public health
Public policy
Nonprofit management

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Public Sector Examples Public Sector Examples

City art in Clarksville,

Tennessee

– APSU student, Paul Burns

http://goo.gl/maps/4sH0
APSU GIS Center

public sector users

– http://gisweb.apsu.edu/

Public health

– Bird flu

GIS Today

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Public Water Utility Example Public Water Utility Example

Feature Feature Estimated Estimated Actual Actual

Pipe Pipe 570 Miles 570 Miles 263 Miles 263 Miles Meters Meters 4,875 4,875 5,082 5,082 Valves Valves 600 600 759 759 Hydrants Hydrants 75 75 146 146

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Resources Resources

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ESRI ESRI

Course Catalog

– http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa= catalog.gateway&tab=0

Esri Press

– http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?CF ID=7678110&CFTOKEN=91537725

GIS Education Community

– http://edcommunity.esri.com/

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MIT Open CourseWare MIT Open CourseWare

MIT Courseware Home Page

– http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

A Free MIT Graduate Level Course on Geographic

Information Systems

– http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-520-a- workshop-on-geographic-information-systems-fall-2005/

Introduction to Cities and Technology

– http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-501- introduction-to-technology-and-cities-fall-2002/index.htm

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Google Earth Google Earth

Google Earth For Educators

– http://www.google.com/earth/educators/

Sketch Up—3D Modeling for Everyone

– http://sketchup.google.com/

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U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey

Science Resources for Undergraduate

Education

– http://education.usgs.gov/common/undergrad uate.htm

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ALOHA ALOHA

Aerial Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres

– ALOHA

Emergency response personnel
ALOHA allows to seamlessly integrate plume models into a

GIS

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CASE CASE

Crime Analysis Spatial Extension

– Integrates crime mapping & analysis functions – Free to law enforcement agencies

http://www.justnet.org/Pages/cmap.aspx

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Free and Open Source Software Free and Open Source Software

Quantum GIS

– http://sourceforge.net/projects/qgis/

PostgreSQL/PostGIS

– http://www.postgresql.org/

MapWindow

– http://www.mapwindow.org/

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For More Information For More Information

Becky J. Starnes, Associate Professor

– Department of Public Management and Criminal Justice – Austin Peay State University – starnesb@apsu.edu