Harvard Government 90dn Lecture 0
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Go
vernment90dn
Ma
ppingthe
Census
Lecture0:Introd
uctiontoSem
inar
SumeetaSrinivasan
ssr
du
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Outlin
eforToday
C
oursedescription
Objectives,lectureformat,e
valuationand
project,sche
dule
C
ourseoverview
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CourseObjectives
T
ousemapping
asananalyticaltechniqueto
study
C
ensusdata
T
oinvestigatetheuseofgeographic,
economicand
s
ocio-demograp
hicdatafromtheUSCensus
oenancee
researcp
rocess
rouge
useo
m
apsandspatialqueries
T
ointroduceba
sicGeographic
alInformationS
ystems
s
oftware
T
ointroducecartographictechniques
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Eva
luation
Labexercises
(5):
25%
5po
intseachforLa
bs1-5
F
inalproject:
55%
Prop
osal(5%),presentation(10%)andreport(40
%)
P
articipation:
20%
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StandardFormatforClasses
Lecture(1houro
rless)
Followedbyor
interspersedwithdiscussion
Discussion:basedonarticle
LabExercises(1-2
hours)
All
dueNov20th
2-?
hours(may
extendbeyond
classtimes)th
at
shouldbeideallyreturnedtoth
einstructorbefore
thenextlab
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FinalProject
Projectproposalb
yNovember
1st
Shouldincludespatialandnon-spatialdata
de
scription
Researchquestio
ns,
Proposedmethodology
ProjectpresentationonDecem
ber6th
ProjectsummaryreportJan1st
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Rea
dings
Required:
Un
lockingtheCensuswithGISb
yAlanPetersa
nd
He
atherMacDona
ld.
ESRIPress
(2005)
Ma
kingMaps:AV
isualGuideto
MapDesignforGISby
JohnKrygierand
DenisWood.T
heGuilfordPre
ss,
New
Yo
rk/London.
NewEdedition(2005)
Ma
ppingCensus2000:TheGeographyofU.S.
DiversitybyCynth
iaA.
BrewerandTrudyA.
Suchan.
ES
RIPressEditio
n
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CourseTopics
1.
IntroductiontoCen
sus
2.
Cen
susDataBasics
D
ataTypes
4.
Applications
Demography
Economics
D
atabases
3.
IntroducingMaps
G
IS
C
artography
Transportation
5.
ResearchMethods
WritingProposals
and
Papers
Quantitativemeth
ods
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Howthiscourse(might)fitintoyou
r
plano
fstudy
ProvidesgeneralIntroductiontoGIS
software
Providesyoumethod
ologicaltoolsifyouarelookingat
Providesyouwithan
opportunityto
exploresomer
ich
datas
etsevenifyou
rfutureresearc
hisnotspatial
Canc
ombinethepro
jectwithothercourseprojects
/
paper
s/thesis/intere
sts
Canu
seothermappingsoftware(G
oogleEarthetc
.)
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Out
line
C
oursedescription
Objectives,lectureformat,e
valuationand
project,sche
dule
C
ourseoverview
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Overv
iewOutlin
e
Whyisgeograp
hicinformatio
ndifferent?
WhatisGIS?
So
cialIm
licationsofMain
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TheV
ocabular
y
Geo
graphic
Earthssurfaceandnear-surface
Spa
tialanyspa
ce(including
geographic)
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GeographicInformationis:
Multidimensional
Voluminous
Requiresprojectiontoflatsurfac
e
Uniqueanalysismethods
Analysesrequire
dataintegration
Dataupdatesare
expensiveand
timeconsumin
g
Mapdisplaysrequirefastdatare
trieval
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GeographicInformationSystem
Co
ntainerofma
ps
Sp
atialdecision
supportsystem:
geographicinformation
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Plan
ningforE
mergencyEvacuation
Majornaturalandhuman-induced
eventsmay
nec
essitateareae
vacuations
GIS
canbeusedtocreateeffectiveevacuation
Distributionofpop
ulation
Streetmap
Modeldemandandimpactofbottlenecksonspe
ed
ofe
vacuationusingstandardGIS
networktools
Adjacency,conne
ctivity,shortestpathnetworkcalculation
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Example:
TheHisp
anicPopulation
:1990-2
000GrowthandChange
Source:www.sabresystems.com/whitep
apers/hispanic_population.pdf
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Example(cont)
Table
3demonstrates
thatthreeofthefourregions
experiencedmorethan50percentLatinopopulation
growthbetween1990
and2000.Asin
thepast,theWe
st
Source:www.sabresystems.com/whitep
apers/hispanic_population.pdf
experiencedthelarges
tnumericincrea
seofHispanics.
However,greaterprop
ortionalgrowth
intheLatino
populationoccurredin
theMidwestan
dSouth(81.0
percen
tand71.2percent,respectively)comparedtoth
e
North
andWest.
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Soc
ialImplicationsofG
IS(Maps
)
Fa
vorsgeneralization,
possiblyatexpenseof
minoritiesandindividuals
Us
eisnotalwaysneutralandcanbeapplied
to
m
taryan
nustrasurveance
Te
ndencytobe
technologica
lratherthan
hu
manneedfocused
Maintainsande
xtendsthestatusquoof
so
cietalpowerstructures
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Sourcewww.a
dver
sity.net/special/gerryma
nder_1.h
tm
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Que
stions?