Review of 11.208
Part I: Review of Lectures & Labs
Tues.
Lecture 1
Introduction to 11.208 & Thematic
Mapping
LAB A: Simple Thematic Map
(ArcView)
Tues.
Lecture 2
Crime Case Study & Elementary
Database Management
LAB B: Basic Database Queries
(Access)
Tues.
Lecture 3
Making Sense of The Census, Part I
Wed.
Lecture 4
Relational Databases
Wed.
Lecture 5
Wed.
Lecture 6
Thurs.
Lecture 7
Thurs.
Lecture 8
Fri.
Lecture 9
Fri.
Lecture 10
Relational Database Design
LAB C: DOT Employee Survey &
Parcel/Property Ownership (Access)
LAB D: Querying & Analyzing
Census Data (Access)
Database Management in Planning
LAB E: Extracting & Analyzing
Making Sense of The Census, Part II Census
Data (ArcView & Access)
Preparing Effective Maps
GIS, Spatial Analysis, & Internet
Mapping
Course Wrap-up
LAB F: Effective Thematic
Maps (ArcView & Access)
LAB G: Web-GIS & MITOrthoTools
(ArcView)
Alumni Panel
Map Income By Town
(using prepared data)
(Lab A)
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Flat +------ Text file: Web list of EPA sites ----> Lab B
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(Small tables - a few dozen rows)
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+---- DOT employee survey data
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(Medium size tables - 5,000 rows)
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+-- Census STF3a CD-ROMs
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(Larger tables - 100,000 x 1,000)
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Relational +------ Joining simple parcel/tax tables ----> Lab C
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Tables & \
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+----- Census counts & 'group by' ------> Lab D
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+--- Extracting census data -----------> Lab E
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Effective maps using custom extracts -------------------------> Lab F
of Census Data
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GIS +------------ Combining raster images, maps, and tabular data-----> Lab G
Other Courses: 11.520 (Fall), 11.521 (Spring), 11.523 &11.524 (Spring), Etc.
Part II: Course Administration Issues
Doublecheck list if you want to register for 11.208 credit
Overview of homework assignment
Homework due next Thursday - then machines are re-configured
Optional Lab Hours posted for weekend (Sat/Sun) and next week
Course Evaluation sheet
Part III: Information Infrastructures for Planning
Getting the Data
Building planning processes and workflow around information
'Enabling' planning rather than just 'automating' clerical tasks
Institutional computing (vs. personal computing): Distributed computing
strategies
Part IV: Industry and Professional Trends
Vendors, cost, staffing, etc.
Where to go for more:
o Courses: Above list + other-MIT courses + GSD +... (Tufte workshop,...)
o Organizations: APA Info Tech Division, URISA, GITA, AAG, UCGIS, OGC, NSDI
Part V: Alumni Panel Discussion