geographic information science in a uk context

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE IN A UK CONTEXT

Alex SingletonDepartment of Geography and Centre for Advance Spatial Analysis ,

University College London

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OVERVIEW• A UK core curriculum?

• The Spatial Literacy in Teaching Project

• Geographical Information Systems and Science

• Geospatial Analysis Handbook

• Outreach Projects - Engaging with learners!

• The CASA MRes

• GIS in Schools

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ABOUT ME

• Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis and Department of Geography at University College London

• Research and Teaching Interests:

• Socio-spatial structure of cities

• geodemographics

• The geographies of educational inequalities

• Neogeographywww.alex-singleton.comareaprofiles.blogspot.com

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A UK CORE CURRICULUM

• Undergraduate (3 Years Full Time)

• 1 Full Time Course - Kingston

• Majority Geography Degrees - GIS Component

• Postgraduate

• MSc - ~15 x GIS Courses (1 Year Full Time)

• PhD Training

• Requirement of FundingSaturday, 5 December 2009

SPATIAL LITERACY IN TEACHING

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KEY OUTPUTS: BOOKS

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• Edition 1 & 2

• 50K Copies World Wide

• Translation numerous Languages

• Accompanied by

• Teaching Guide

• ESRI Virtual Campus

• Slides

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SCIENCE

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STRUCTURE

• 5 Sections

• Introduction

• Principles

• Techniques

• Analysis

• Management

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INTRODUCTION

• Systems, Science and Study

• Definitions

• Data into Information

• GIS and Science

• Applications

• Contemporary - multiple domains

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PRINCIPLES

• Representations

• Vector / raster etc

• Nature of Geographic Data

• Spatial Autocorrelation

• Distance decay

• Georeferencing

• Uncertainty

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• GIS Software

• Modelling techniques

• Data collection

• Databases

• Mobile GIS

TECHNIQUES

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ANALYSIS

• Cartography

• Geovizualisation

• Query and Measurement

• Summary & Inference

• Spatial Modelling

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MANAGEMENT

• GIS & Business

• Return on Investment

• Support / integration

• GIS & Wider Economy

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CHANGES FOR 3RD EDITION

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GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS

Comprehensive: Principles, techniques

Independent:Software

Topics broadly Link NCGIA Core Curriculum

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BOOK

• 3rd Edition due soon

• Print on demand

• No publishers

• Direct to market

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KEY OUTPUTS :WEBSITES

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OUTREACH & TEACHING

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OUTREACH & TEACHING

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• 26  countries  in America, Europe, Asia and Oceania

• Individual level data for 300  million  people (full name and address)

• 10.8  million  unique surnames

• 6.5  million  unique forenames

• Statistics at postcode  level

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Singleton

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Forename : ALEX - SCOTTISH

Surname : SINGLETON - ENGLISH Overall Classification of this Person - ENGLISH

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Welsh Names “aim was to establish a Welsh colony which would preserve the Welsh language and culture”

Mimosa (1865)185 Welsh

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MORI（森）

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CASA MASTERS

• MRes - Advanced Spatial Analysis and Visualisation

• 3 Components

• GIS and Spatial Analysis

• Urban and Regional Modelling

• Visualisation

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GIS AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS

• Introduction to GIS Lecture Series (GIS & Sci 3rd Edition)

• Geospatial Analysis (Geospatial Analysis Handbook 3rd Edition)

• Spatial statistics

• R

• Python

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URBAN AND REGIONAL MODELLING

• Cities and Complexity

• Cellular Automata

• Spatial Interaction Modelling

• Agent Based Modelling

• Geodemographics

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VISUALISATION

• Cartography

• Data Visualisation

• Neogeography

• 3D Visualisation

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GIS IN SCHOOLS

• Recent curriculum requirement to teach some GIS in schools

• But not much!

• Many teachers don’t understand GIS

• Some PGCE now have GIS component

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QCA• Key Stage 3

• Students will ‘use varied resources, including maps, visual media and geographical information systems’(QCA, 2007a)

• Key Stage 4

• Students are to ‘become more independent learners through the use of geographical skills, new technologies and enquiry to serve them in their future’ (QCA, 2007b) Teaching will embrace ‘use of new technologies including GIS, to assist geographical investigation’

• A Level

• Students will ‘use modern information technologies, including geographical information systems as appropriate to the content’ (QCA, 2006)

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7. In order to display the key associated with each layer left click on the + or – button associated with it.

Click on the + or – button of

each sub layer to hide or

display its key

In the table of contents click the plus button next to land use label to see the options that can be displayed in the land use group

Click on all the land use

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MANY THANKS!

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