IAP 2012 Courses by Stephen Kennedy

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MAPPING, DATA ANALYSIS, TECHNOLOGY, VISUALIZATION WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS IAP 2012

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INFO ON ALL IAP COURSES CAN BE FOUND HERE: WEB.MIT.EDU/IAP

Geographic Information Systems Workshops

Become a Data & Internet Planning Ninja

MIT GIS Services will be offering a series of workshops to introduce the MIT community to Geographic Information Systems and the world of Digital Mapping. Workshops typically combine lectures about concepts with hands-on exercises.

Dream, Design, Do: 3D with DUSPviz

Looking to develop your data and technology skills? Are you seeking to share your experience or get advice about a planning or analysis problem? Want to discuss the value of a particular technology or technique? Participate in any or all of these student-driven workshops to learn about and discuss data sources, analysis, and web-based technologies for urban planning and research.

NO ENROLLMENT LIMIT, NO ADVANCE SIGN UP. PARTICIPANTS WELCOME AT INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS (SERIES)

ENROLLMENT FOR EACH SESSION IS LIMITED TO 20 STUDENTS. TO ENROLL, PLEASE EMAIL DUSPVIZ@MIT.EDU

CONTACT: ROB GOODSPEED, RGOODSPE@MIT.EDU FOR MORE INFORMATION

ENERGY INFORMATION: MAPS & DATA TO USE WITH GIS MIT GIS Services THURS, JAN 19, 04-05:00PM DIRC (14N-132)

Where are the power plants and the pipelines? How close are they to population centers? In this session, MIT GIS Services will introduce you to energy maps and spatial data available, and demonstrate GIS in action on the energy front. Cosponsor: MIT Energy Initiative

STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DOWNLOAD AUTOCAD (FROM IS&T) AND SKETCHUP (FROM GOOGLE) FOR FREE. A FREE TRIAL VERSION OF RHINOCEROS IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.

We relish in the idea that we can get a good night’s sleep (barring any frustration with GIS or Excel), but are secretly jealous that the MArchs down the hall get to bring their ideas and plans as close to reality as a computer will allow them. It’s time to step outside of the 1D world of dreaming and earn those second and third Ds. Our time together is short, so let’s learn something wild while we’re still picking our brains. DUSPviz is offering three workshops on AutoCAD, Rhinoceros and Google SketchUp this IAP. These introductory workshops will present the basics and best practices of each program and are intended for students with little to no experience in one or all of the programs. Students from all program groups are welcome and no design experience is required.

Technology for Advocacy Planning NO ENROLLMENT LIMIT, NO ADVANCE SIGN UP. CONTACT: RACHEL BLATT, RB2472@MIT.EDU FOR MORE INFORMATION THIS EVENT IS HOSTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING, ORGANIZED BY WALKBOSTON, AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN AND LIVABLE STREETS.

INTRODUCTION TO GIS MIT GIS Services

GIS LEVEL 2 MIT GIS Services

DISCOVERING & USING US CENSUS DATA MIT GIS Services

USING ELEVATION DATA & HYDROGRAPHIC TOOLS IN GIS MIT GIS Services

INTEGRATING MAP APIS INTO YOUR WEBSITE & USING GOOGLE FUSION TABLES MIT GIS Services

TRANSFORMING DATA INTO INFORMATION Kerry Spitzer & Eric Schultheis

DATA AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING LABOR MARKETS Amy Glasmeier

GIS FOR JUSTICE: SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY Eric Schultheis

LOW-COST ONLINE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOOLS Jase Wilson, MCP ‘08

CROWDSOURCING TOOLS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PLANNING Rob Goodspeed

URBAN DATA MANAGEMENT & VISUALIZATION David Quinn

WEB-BASED MAPPING & DATA VISUALIZATION David Quinn

AUTOCAD Minjee Kim

RHINO Viktorija Abolina

GOOGLE SKETCHUP DUSPviz Team

APPS FOR REPORTING ISSUES IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Rachel Blatt

FRI, JAN 20, 02-04:00PM OR MON, JAN 23, 02-04:00PM DIRC (14N-132)

INTRODUCTION TO SPATIAL STATISTICS TOOLS & ANALYSIS IN ARCMAP MIT GIS Services

TUES, JAN 24, 02-04:00PM DIRC (14N-132)

WED, JAN 25, 02-04:00PM DIRC (14N-132)

THURS, JAN 26, 02-04:00PM DIRC (14N-132)

MON, JAN 30, 02-04:00PM DIRC (14N-132)

TUES, JAN 31, 02-04:00PM DIRC (14N-132)

WED-THURS, FEB 1-3, 10AM-04:00PM MIT GIS LAB, 7-238, ROTCH LIBRARY

MON, JAN 30, 10AM-12:00PM, 9-450A

MON, JAN 30, 01-03:00PM, 9-450A

MON, JAN 30, 03-05:00PM, 9-450A

TUE, JAN 31, 10AM-12:00PM, 9-450A

TUE, JAN 31, 01-03:00PM, 9-450A

WED, FEB 1, 10AM-12:00PM, 9-450A

WED, FEB 1, 01-04:00PM, 9-450A

WED FEB 1, 1:00PM-4:00PM, 9-251

THURS, FEB 2, 1:00PM-4:00PM, 9-251

FRI, FEB 3, 1:00PM-4:00PM, 9-251

WED, FEB 1, 06:00-07:30PM, 32-155

Expand your experience with GIS software and learn how to create and edit GIS files, geocode addresses onto a map, reproject data and use tools like clip, buffer, spatial join. PreReq: Participants should take the Introduction to GIS or have previous experience using ArcGIS.

The US Census holds an enormous amount of demographic information dating back to 1790. Come learn what is in the US Census and some tools that are available through the MIT Libraries for finding and working with Census Data. An overview of some of these tools is available on the MIT Libraries Census Guide.

Through lecture, demonstration and hands-on exercises, this workshop will introduce you to basic spatial statistics concepts and present the analysis tools available in ArcMap. You will learn how to analyze spatial patterns and map clusters in your data. A basic knowledge of ArcGIS software is helpful.

Learn to read a topographic map and how to use a digital elevation model to create contour lines and do hydrographic analysis. PreReq: Participants should take the Introduction to GIS or have previous experience using ArcGIS.

This session offers a hands on opportunity for integrating online maps into your website, from both Google Maps and OpenStreetMap and using Google Fusion tables. Google Fusion Tables is a modern data management web application making it easy to host, manage, collaborate on, visualize, and publish data tables online. Together, they make a powerful mapping platform, allowing people to easily upload data, and publish it on a map.

Through the three days, participants are introduced to geographic information science and technology; spatial data development, management, and manipulation; spatial analysis concepts, tools, and procedures; hands-on use of ArcGIS and similar software, guest speakers from diverse disciplines introducing research with GIS in their fields; and one-on-one consultation and step-by-step guidance through the participants' individual projects. The last day of the program is devoted to students' project presentations.

This seminar will explore how you can use descriptive statistics to create information from data. Participants will use real-world data source(s) and off-the-shelf software to craft a narrative using quantitative data. We will pay particular attention to how the choice of descriptive statistic shapes a narrative's legitimacy and content.

More to come!

This seminar will introduce participants to how social justice advocates use GIS in practice. The seminar will focus on how GIS (ArcMap) is used by civil rights, anti-poverty, and equity activists to support their advocacy agendas. In addition, this seminar will discuss how advocates can leverage visualization, scale, and the spatial aggregation to support their advocacy efforts.

This hands-on workshop will cover how to set up a low-cost website for community engagement. In just a few simple steps, learn how to create a website to disseminate information, gather feedback, interpret results and collaboratively write policies. Includes a discussion of WordPress, Google Forms, Google Fusion Tables + charts API, Wordpress plugins.

New online tools for “crowdsourcing” have exploded in the field of planning. Learn how these tools work and how they can be incorporated into planning projects. Includes examples of how they have been used by cities, states, and federal agencies. Presentation will include a discussion of tools for ideas or feedback (IdeaScale, Spigit, UserVoice, MindMixer, ChangeByUs) and spatial comments (Ushahidi/CrowdMap).

Learn how to gain new insights from urban data through the use of spatial analysis and visualization techniques. Participants will learn methods for exploring datasets and creating visualizations in a hands-on environment using R and QGIS. We will also discuss how to generate maps using scripting.

Web-based mapping and visualizations are a useful means of sharing information. Participants will learn how to create customized web maps and display data within a browser so that a user can interact with the data presented using QGIS, OpenLayers and Google Fusion Tables.

AutoCAD is a 2D program used in the design and drafting of buildings, tools and machinery. Learn the basics of navigating through the AutoCAD workspace and creating your own plans.

Rhinoceros (“Rhino”) is a 3D program for documenting and modeling designs for rendering, animation, drafting, engineering, analysis, and manufacturing or construction. Students are strongly recommended to take the AutoCAD session or have some experience with AutoCAD.

SketchUp is a 3D program used to download and create models for design, engineering and fun. Models can be assigned spatial references and can easily be imported into Google Earth.

Ever complained about overflowing trash bins, broken sidewalks, potholes? There’s an app for that!

Learn the basics of visualizing and analyzing geographic information and creating your own maps in a Geographic Information System (GIS). We will introduce open source and proprietary GIS software options, and let attendees choose to work through exercises using ESRI ArcGIS (proprietary) and/or Quantum GIS (QGIS) (open source). Learn to work with data from the MIT Geodata Repository, analyze the data and create maps that can be used in reports and presentations.

Please fill out this form before the workshop: tinyurl.ie/dusp_viz R: www.rstudio.org QGIS: www.qgis.org

Please fill out this form before the workshop: tinyurl.ie/dusp_viz QGIS: www.qgis.org OpenLayers: www.openlayers.org Google Fusion Tables: www.google.com/fusiontables

Join us for a panel discussion with representatives from three organizations that help citizens report issues in the built environment to the appropriate authorities. They’ll talk about the technologies they have developed and the ways that smart phones are changing how citizens interact with governments.

Participation will be limited to 8 people and is only available to MIT community members. Apply online at: http://bit.ly/GIS-Institute-2012

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