GEOG 462: Coastal GIS

Aut 2009 Schedule of Lectures, Readings, and Exams

http://courses.washington.edu/geog462


 

Part 1- Fundamentals of GIS

 

Week 1

Sept 30 LEC 01 Introduction to the Geog 462

 

Oct 2 LEC 02 Multiple perspectives on “What is GIS?”

Chrisman Exploring GIS Preface pp iii-vi

Bartlett, Working on the Frontiers of Science: applying GIS to the Coastal Zone

from D. Wright and D. Bartlett Marine and Coastal Geographic Information Systems 2000

Valavanis Ch 1 Marine Geographic Information Systems

from GIS in Oceanography and Fisheries, 2002

 

Week 2

Oct 5 LEC 03 Reference Systems – units of measurement

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 1 pp15-24

 

Oct 7 LEC 04 Reference Systems - levels of measurement

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 1 pp25-35 

 

Oct 9 LEC 05 Measurement Frameworks - 1

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 2 pp37-56

Beatley Ch 2 Understanding the Coastal Environment pp. 13-51

Wright Ch 2 Common Marine Data Types from Arc Marine 2007

 

Week 3

Oct 12 LEC 06 Measurement Frameworks - 2

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 2 pp57-69

 

Part 2 Operations and Transformations

 

Oct 14 LEC 07 Attribute-based Operations

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 4 pp105-118

Beatley Ch 3 Critical Pressures and Critical Management Issues pp 53-88

 

Oct 16 LEC 08 DEEP Representation – relating the building blocks of data models

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 3 pp71-85

 

Week 4

Oct 19 LEC 09 Coastal (Nearshore) Data Model

Nyerges et al. 2007 Coastal (Nearshore) Data Model

 

Further reference reading if interested

ArcHydro developer site (more on ESRI ArcHydro site)

ArcMarine developer site (more on ESRI ArcMarine site)

Sherin – Linear Reference Data Models and Dynamic Segmentation

from D. Wright and D. Bartlett Marine and Coastal Geographic Information Systems 2000

 

Oct 21 LEC 10 Development of Map Overlay Operation

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 5 pp119-131

 

Oct 23 LEC 11 Combining Attribute Data Values in Overlay Operation

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 5 pp131-152

 

Week 5

Oct 26 LEC 12 Distance Relationships

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 6 pp 153-167

 

Oct 28 LEC 13 Surfaces - 1

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 7 pp169-178

 

Oct 30 LEC 14 Surfaces - 2

Developing a coastal data model using a geodatabase data model

 

Week 6

Nov 2 Review 1

 

Nov 4 Exam 1 – no blue/green book needed

 

Nov 6 LEC 15 Neighborhoods

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 7 pp179-194

 

Week 7

Nov 9 LEC 16 Transformations - 1

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 9 pp217-226

 

Nov 11 Holiday

 

Nov 13 LEC 17 Transformations - 2

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 9 pp227-242

 

Week 8

Nov 16 LEC 18 Iterative Operations

Chrisman Exploring GIS Ch. 8 pp195-210

 

Part 3 –Applications of Coastal GIS

 

Nov 18 LEC 19 Applications of Coastal GIS – an Overview

Valavanis Ch 2 GIS and Oceanography pp. 38-48

 

Nov 20 LEC20 Risk and Vulnerability Assessment with GIS

National Research Council 2008, Urban Stormwater Discharge

Wood, N., and Good, J., 2004, Vulnerability of a port and harbor community to earthquake and tsunami hazards:

the use of GIS in community hazard planning, Coastal Management, 32 (3), 243-269.

 

Week 9

Nov 23  LEC21 Nearshore Marine Ecosystems Restoration

Puget Sound Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program web site and report

Wright Ch 6 Nearshore and Coastal/Shoreline Analysis from Arc Marine 2007

 If interested in further reading:

Puget Sound Shoreform Report

Evaluation of Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Commission 

 

Nov 25 LEC 22 Linking Ecology, Economy, and Community

Scholz Ch 5 OCEAN Framework from Place Matters 2005

 

Nov 26 – Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov 27 – Thanksgiving Holiday

                                                                                                                

Part 4 - Motivations for GIS Applications

Week 10

Nov 30 LEC 23 Social, Institutional, and Cultural Underpinnings of GIS – What motivates applications?

Beatley Ch 4 Coastal Management Framework pp. 91-100

Beatley Ch 5 CZM at Federal Level pp. 101-134 

  

Dec 2 LEC 24 States, Regions, Coastal Zone Management Need for GIS

Haddad Ch 7 Tools of the Oregon Coastal Atlas from Place Matters 2005

Beatley Ch 6 pp. 135-172

Beatley Ch 7 pp. 173-196

 

Dec 4 LEC 25 Local Coastal Zone Management Need for GIS

King County Shoreline Master Program

Beatley Ch 8 pp. 197-233

 

Week 11

Dec 7 LEC 26 Sustainability as Coastal Zone Management – Needs for a Future GIS

Beatley Ch 8 pp 233-247

 

Dec 9 Review 2

 

Dec 11  Exam 2 in the Lecture classroom Raitt 121

Ex 7 Final Project and Final Project Peer Evaluation Due – submit separately at beginning or end of class