Discussion Questions

 

To facilitate an interactive discussion each student will be a discussion leader once during the semester for which they will receive a grade. This person is responsible for leading the classroom discussion along with the instructor and should have answered all of the discussion questions linked to the schedule below.  The discussion leader should give the instructor typed answers to all of these questions at the beginning of class.  It is important that everyone in the class take part in these discussions.  Therefore, everyone should not only read the material before class but also try to answer the questions while reading the text.

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Date

Wednesday
Discussion Topic (Readings)

Sep 29

·  Systems, Science, and Study: A Conceptual Framework for GIS (Pages 1-26)

Oct 6

·  A Gallery of Applications (Pages 27-58)

·  Representing Geography (Pages 59-78)

Leaders: Marina Counter, Kevin Loving, Paul Manson, Cindy Olson, Dominic Van

Oct 13

·  Georeferencing (Pages 79-96)

·  The Nature of Geographic Data (Pages 97-122)

Leaders: Mark Mead, Nadia Slavchova, Chris James, Ian Berdie, Shamira-Kay Shirley

Oct 20

·  Uncertainty (Pages 123-142)

·  Generaliztion, Abstraction, and Metadata (Pages 143-162)

Leaders: Melissa Zagorski, Bill Hines, Sarah B. Smith, Dan Senffner

Oct 27

·  GIS Software (Pages 163-182)

·  Geographic Data Modelling (Pages 183-203)

Leaders: Michael Scisco, Daniel J. Christensen, Taj Hanson, Don Brown, Todd Sorensen

Nov 3

·  GIS Data Collection (Pages 205-224)

·  Creating and Maintaining Geographic Databases (Pages 225-246)

Leaders: Barb Van Ness, Statia Cupit, Craig Ducey, Drake Radditz

Nov 10

·  Visualization and User Interaction (Pages 247-276)

·  Geographic Query and Analysis (Pages 277-302)

Leaders: Sarah LoGiudice, Jason Schmidt, Brooke Urhausen, Lawrence Duncan, Chris Lambert

Nov 17

·  Advanced Spatial Analysis (Pages 303-324)

Leaders: Joel Migliaccio, Roderick Owre, Violet Gordon, Daniel Wilson

Nov 24

·  Uncertainty, Error, and Sensitivity (Pages 325-344)

·  Operational Aspects of GIS (Pages 397-412)

Leaders: Denise Kelsey, Suzanne Guy, Kelli Grover, Shane Metcalf, Tobias Townson, Chris Alfino

Dec 1

·  GIS Partnerships at Local, National, and Global Level (Pages 413-427)

Leaders: Allegra Rainbow, Wendy Stevens, Michael Wojcicki