tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88629067782959162932011-07-31T04:10:38.381-07:00A place to post project maps and share ideas.Ambernoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862906778295916293.post-31895078756761552332010-05-10T09:00:00.000-07:002010-05-07T09:19:39.180-07:00Welcome to the Applications in GIS course blog! As the title suggests, you will be posting your weekly project maps here. The main idea of doing so is to share ideas by posting your own rendition of project results. In a face-to-face course, you would discuss and share techniques amongst peers. In a way, the blog allows you to do the same. <br /><br /><b>IMPORTANT:</b> New Students - Once you have created a blog specific to this class, please email me with your new blog address so I can add your link to the class blog for all to access. This is an orientation task if you are completing that now.<br /><br />Returning students - Use your introduction to GIS blog and rename it if you like. Don't delete your old posts. You can create a new blog using the same email address if you like, but be sure to email me the new blog link.<br /><br />Amber<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8862906778295916293-3189507875676155233?l=appsgisuwf.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ambernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862906778295916293.post-2025959792098902632009-07-08T11:18:00.000-07:002009-07-08T12:19:57.562-07:00<div><div><div><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Overview</strong></span></div><br /><div><strong>Week 8</strong> - GIS for Law Enforcement: Take a geospatial approach to crime fighting in Houston, TX; a city that has successfully Incorporated GIS technology. </div><br /><br /><div></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9tpbEWX0MSU/SlTqs4FwF3I/AAAAAAAAABE/abSZYamX6WQ/s1600-h/houston.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356163913542014834" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9tpbEWX0MSU/SlTqs4FwF3I/AAAAAAAAABE/abSZYamX6WQ/s320/houston.bmp" /></a><a href="http://mycity.houstontx.gov/crime/">http://mycity.houstontx.gov/crime/</a><br /><br /><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong>Week 9</strong> - GIS for Homeland Security: Identify Minimum Essential Data Sets stipulated by DHS to safeguard critical infrastructure and people. <br /></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div> </div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Week 10</strong> - GIS for Homeland Security continued: Use 2d and 3d spatial tools to site optimal surveillance positions around critical infrastructure. Define assembly points for evacuation.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356156735649871202" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9tpbEWX0MSU/SlTkLEW59WI/AAAAAAAAAA8/8fGfEFbstu8/s320/ex_combo.bmp" /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8862906778295916293-202595979209890263?l=appsgisuwf.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ambernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862906778295916293.post-57081003925268930242009-06-17T13:49:00.001-07:002009-06-17T14:59:09.000-07:00<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348419180619473298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9tpbEWX0MSU/Sjlm6Fq1oZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/Z7uL-zGQxg8/s320/loction3.bmp" border="0" /><br /><div><div>In this week's activity, we use tools in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ArcMap</span> that make deciding where to site new locations fairly simple. An introduction to model building and weighted overlay will help us complete specific location decision tasks. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Depending</span> on which section of the course you are enrolled you may find a home for a couple moving to Arizona with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">specific</span> requirements or determine the best site for a radio station in Ohio. Census tract data is utilized and the spatial skills can be applied to countless site-location decisions large and small. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>As many of you realize by now, there are many ways of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">acquiring</span> the same end result. Keep in mind this exercise illustrates just one set of procedures. I encourage everyone to make the project there own by trying new ways of completing tasks and producing one-of-a-kind maps.</div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8862906778295916293-5708100392526893024?l=appsgisuwf.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ambernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862906778295916293.post-77550126104727692042009-06-11T10:41:00.000-07:002009-06-11T11:01:41.040-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9tpbEWX0MSU/SjFChOkS1iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F0-fvhU20Fo/s1600-h/LittleBoxesCoverBig.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 153px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346127371278931490" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9tpbEWX0MSU/SjFChOkS1iI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F0-fvhU20Fo/s200/LittleBoxesCoverBig.jpg" /></a> Week 5 begins a new topic: Urban Planning (weeks 5-7)<br />beginning with Impact Assessments. <br /><br /><br />Ticky Tacky... Westlake, a "city within a city" suburb<br /><a class="di_l" onclick=";var n=new D2L.NavInfo();n.navigation='\/d2l\/lms\/news\/newedit.d2l?ou=157200&amp;newsId=69468&amp;Global=0&amp;EG=0';Nav.Go(n);return false;" href="javascript://"></a><a href="http://dalycityhistory.org/westlake/home.htm">http://dalycityhistory.org/westlake/home.htm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.uwf.edu/gis/gisonline/abloechle/important_course_info">The course schedule</a> has been updated recently... content changes made to weeks 8-9.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 249px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 127px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346128473680488290" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9tpbEWX0MSU/SjFDhZVTp2I/AAAAAAAAAAU/E4m8Bm4JExw/s200/hazus.org.bmp" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Check it out <a href="http://www.hazus.org/">http://www.hazus.org/</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Our work with HAZUS-MH has been recognized by the Western Disaster Center (NASA Research Park, San Francisco, CA). I hope to share our experience with HAZUS-MH and provide/receive feedback soon!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8862906778295916293-7755012610472769204?l=appsgisuwf.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ambernoreply@blogger.com0