http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/spatial_ucsb_ncgia_ccgis/rss Recent eScholarship items from Core Curriculum-Geographic Information Science (1997-2000) Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:00:44 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g1217wg This outline gives an overview of the units that comprise the Core Curriculum in GIScience, along with hyperlinks to each. Note that hyperlinks are active only from the downloaded PDF document.  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g1217wg Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 000, NCGIA https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0p17z6fg This introduction provides context to the Core Curriculum in GIScience, including its design philosophy, organization of core concepts, editorial procedure, a development timetable, list of original developers and editorial notes. Note that hyperlinks are active only from the downloaded PDF document. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0p17z6fg Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 000, NCGIA Kemp, Karen K. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9q221641 This unit covers topics including the basic elements of a network; how networks are represented; commonly used shortest path algorithms; and common application areas in which networks are used. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9q221641 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 064, CC in GIScience Zhan, F. Benjamin https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9mg793hk This unit describes the origin, components, functioning, and uses of land information systems, with particular emphasis on systems for maintaining cadastral (land ownership) data. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9mg793hk Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 164, CC in GIScience Ventura, Stephen J. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f234240 This unit describes the use of World Wide Web technology for the development of digital libraries. Topics covered in this unit include the objectives, concept and architecture of digital libraries including spatial digital libraries. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f234240 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 191, CC in GIScience Yeung, Albert K. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/97g4221q This unit covers the definition of process modeling and simulations; types of processes relevant to GIS; approaches to process modeling and simulations; calibration, error propagation and sensitivity analysis; integration of process models and GIS; and application examples. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/97g4221q Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 130, CC in GIScience Mitasova, Helena Mitas, Lubos https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8dv2x6xf This unit presents an introduction to transportation networks; basic data structures and some analytical operations; and a discussion of data quality issues. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8dv2x6xf Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 183, CC in GIScience Noronha, Val https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8738h7fc This section is not typical of the other sections of the curriculum in that it is primarily directed at instructors intending to use the Core Curriculum as a resource in their own curriculum design, rather than as materials to teach with.  However, the materials might be used directly by instructors teaching the methodology of geographical education as part of an education elective within higher education. This section includes two units: Curriculum design for GIS (Unit 159) and Teaching and learning GIS in laboratories (Unit 160). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8738h7fc Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 158-160, CC in GIScience Unwin, David J. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/82w9m1rb This unit explains the purpose of exploratory data analysis and exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA); the model which underlies statistical ESDA; the importance of cartographical, graphical and tabular tools in processing geographical data for ESDA; a range of ESDA techniques and their use in analyzing geographical data; and the limitations of current GIS software for undertaking ESDA. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/82w9m1rb Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 128, CC in GIScience Haining, Robert Wise, Stephen https://escholarship.org/uc/item/81k7b2qc This unit presents an introduction to multimedia and virtual reality as they relate to GIS, including definitions, technological issues, computer science aspects, user interface considerations, and applications. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/81k7b2qc Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 131, CC in GIScience Taylor, George https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7wq9w5z0 These units provides a general overview of natural resources data, including types of data; typical applications; and common problems and limitations. Soil data are discussed in greater detail, including soil classification and mapping; types and contents of soil surveys; and the structure of soil data in GIS applications. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7wq9w5z0 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 090-091, CC in GIScience Schut, Peter H. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7w47b1tm This unit presents an overview of the terminology and concepts pertaining to information organization and data structure in the context of information science and management. The aim is to provide a general but articulate introduction to the principles and methods of information organization, with special reference to geographic information, that serves as a prerequisite for more advanced studies of data models and database in subsequent units. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7w47b1tm Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 051, CC in GIScience Yeung, Albert K. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7s2326gs This unit covers topics including the definition of <em>raster</em>; raster layers, how they are sampled from reality and how they represent reality; geometry and topology of rasters and edge effects on rasters; other forms of rasters including hexagonal and curved surfaces; run length encoding; and issues about working with rasters. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7s2326gs Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 055, CC in GIScience Goodchild, Michael F. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/73p320mb This unit focuses on the concept of Spatial Decision Support Systems (SDSS). It covers the major characteristics of spatial decision problems; the decision-making process; a definition of SDSS; principles of SDSS; the dialog, data, model (DDM) paradigm; and technologies for developing SDSS. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/73p320mb Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 127, CC in GIScience Malczewski, Jacek Keller, C. Peter https://escholarship.org/uc/item/581555gc This unit introduces the concepts and terms needed to understand storage of GIS data in a computer system, including the weaknesses of a discrete data model for representing the real world; an overview of data storage types and terminology; and a description of data storage issues. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/581555gc Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 037, CC in GIScience Jacobson, Carol R. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5407f1g7 This unit is an overview of how GIS are being developed to run within the Internet and Worldwide Web, as well as within private intranets. Included is a discussion of strategies for developing GIS functionality within client-server networks. The overview discusses the rationale behind these strategies, but does not provide programming solutions. Nor does it address the details of designing a user interface for a Web GIS application. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5407f1g7 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 133, CC in GIScience Foote, Kenneth E. Kirvan, Anthony P. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4j59q8qw This unit discusses error detection and evaluation by graphical methods. It describes example methods used in statistics, cartography and GIS; challenges including issues in graphic design, metadata, error analysis and detection; techniques for analyzing raw data; and a framework for graphical methods. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4j59q8qw Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 099, CC in GIScience Beard, Kate Hunter, Gary https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3wm6c583 This unit covers topics including raster scan orders (Bostrophedon, Morton, Pi-order); an introduction to quadtrees and how they are constructed; applications of quadtrees; and quadtree addressing. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3wm6c583 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 057, CC in GIScience Goodchild, Michael F. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3dj9g8m4 This unit introduces the terms and concepts needed to understand non-spatial databases and their underlying data models, including a motivation of the need for database management systems; an overview of database terminology; and a description of non-spatial data models. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3dj9g8m4 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 045, CC in GIScience Meyer, Thomas H. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/31w369dp This unit outlines the issues behind the uncertainty debate; a strategy for managing uncertainty in GIS; approaches to uncertainty reduction and absorption; and future directions in uncertainty management. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/31w369dp Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 187, CC in GIScience Hunter, Gary J. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2wx5x3tc This unit describes contexts for GI Technologies; the use of GI technologies in society; the British Columbia case study; and key issues. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2wx5x3tc Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 135, CC in GIScience Maher, Robert https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2p0262jp This unit covers basic definitions of quality for geospatial data; differences between quality control and truth-in-labeling paradigms; and descriptions and assessment of data quality components for geospatial databases. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2p0262jp Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 100, CC in GIScience Veregin, Howard Hunter, Gary https://escholarship.org/uc/item/21n676tv This unit explains the characteristics and the working principles of the World Wide Web as the most important protocol of the Internet. Topics covered in this unit include characteristics of the World Wide Web; using the World Wide Web for the dissemination of information on the Internet; and using the World Wide Web for the retrieval of information from the Internet. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/21n676tv Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 148, CC in GIScience Yeung, Albert K. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2110t9ns This unit outlines an introduction to the problem of uncertainty propagation in GIS; the definition and identification of a stochastic error model for quantitative spatial attributes; a description of common error propagation techniques; applications of the theory; and how the results of an uncertainty analysis may be used to improve the accuracy of GIS products. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2110t9ns Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 098, CC in GIScience Heuvelink, Gerard B.M. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/19v9b1c5 This unit considers the important issue of public access to geographic information. It compares official policies of different countries toward public access to government-held information. It explains the approaches for public access to geographic information and examines the legal and societal implications that may result. Topics covered in this unit include policy issues pertaining to public access to information; the concept of information infrastructure; geospatial data clearinghouse as an approach for public access to geographic information; the legal implications of public access to geographic information; and the societal implications of public access to geographic information. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/19v9b1c5 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 190, CC in GIScience Yeung, Albert K. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0hx531hz This unit answers the questions, What is a field? What types of fields are there? What is the difference between fields and discrete entities? and How are fields represented? https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0hx531hz Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 054, CC in GIScience Goodchild, Michael F. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0c90m7qd This unit presents a definition of artificial neural networks (ANN); describes different types of ANN and their applications in geography and spatial analysis; explains differences between ANN and AI and between ANN and statistics; and describes how to apply a supervised ANN in model classification and function estimation problems. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0c90m7qd Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 188, CC in GIScience Gopal, Sucharita https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9df9n46v Five topics are hilighted in this section: Unit 013 - Coordinate Systems Overview; Unit 014 - Latitude and Longitude; Unit 015 - The Shape of the Earth; Unit 016 - Discrete Georeferencing; and Unit 017 - Global Positioning Systems Overview. These cover topics that are fundamental to understanding the systems of locational reference used in GIS.  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9df9n46v Mon, 3 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 012-017, CC in GIScience Foote, Kenneth E. Dana, Peter H. Kirvan, Anthony P. Cowen, David J. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/65s4m30d This unit considers maps as representations and contrasts maps with other representations of the world. It also contrasts the representational view with other views of maps. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/65s4m30d Mon, 3 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 020, CC in GIScience Olson, Judy M. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5k52c3kc This unit covers definitions of geographic information, geographic information technologies, geographic information systems and geographic information science. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5k52c3kc Mon, 3 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 002, CC in GIScience Goodchild, Michael F. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4pk042gs This unit has two primary segments: Unit 006 - Human Cognition of the Spatial World and Unit 007 - Asking Geographic Questions. The first section sets the scene by differentiationg between objects and processes and by  using fundamental understanding of the spatial world to provide a necessary knowledge  base for GIS. The second section builds on the knowledge base to demonstrate how specific  knowledge about objects and spatial relations among them can be unpacked by the  mechanism of asking geographic questions. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4pk042gs Mon, 3 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 005-007, CC in GIScience Golledge, Reginald G. Montello, Daniel Nyerges, Timothy