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The 2007 Meeting of The AAG, April 17-21 2007, San Francisco, CA
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Workshop Descriptions - Sign Up Now!! Call for Participation: Teaching Modern Geography Monday, April 16 Modern Stereoscopic Displays for Geographic Education Tuesday, April 17 Hands on GPS Mapping The workshop will allow participants to use latest GPS MAPPING hardware ( Various brands of GPS receivers, Laser Range Finders, PDA's) and Field Data Collection software to collect actual data outdoors and finish a start to finish short project . Once the data is collected, it will be imported in GIS and results displayed on a background map. The purpose is to allow the participants to see how easy it is to use the latest hardware and software and eliminate the "fear factor" of using latest technology. Geospatial Metadata: Introduction and Tips from
the Field This introduction to the Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) is offered by USGS personnel with experience in the field of data management. Topics include an overview of the standard and profiles, identification of quality metadata vs. minimal metadata, and a review of the current suite of tools available. Exercises will focus on areas where the most common metadata errors occur. Analyzing Spatial Data with R The workshop is for participants needing to use R, the leading open source statistical analysis environment, with spatial data. It will show how data can be imported, analyzed in one or more packages, displayed in graphical form, and perhaps exported from R. It will do this by introducing the foundation classes for spatial data provided in the sp package, and show how they make work with spatial data easier. The classes have shared interfaces to common file formats for spatial data, and a range of subsetting, plot, overlay, and sampling methods. Participants should bring a laptop. Accommodating Diverse Learning Styles in the Geography
Classroom This workshop is intended for faculty members and advanced graduate students who wish to learn how to design an inclusive undergraduate classroom. The first part of the workshop will focus on identifying and integrating diverse learning styles, including learning disabilities, into the geography classroom. Strategies for adapting an undergraduate course using principles of Universal Instructional Design will be presented. Consideration will also be made of the impact that this teaching methodology can have for faculty and students. The last part of the workshop will focus on overcoming institutional obstacles faced when accommodating diverse learning styles in undergraduate geography courses. Wednesday, April 18 Writing and Publishing Your Scholarly Book This workshop will guide participants through book writing and publishing processes. Experienced publisher from the University Press and book authors will offer "insider" perspectives on publishing scholarly books. This workshop is intended for younger faculty members and professional geographers interested in publishing their research in book form. Presentations will be followed by a question and answer period. There will be opportunity for potential authors to discuss their specific book projects with the publisher. Participants may bring their book proposals. Wine Tasting Workshop: Vineyard Location and Sensory
Perception of Zinfandel Wines Zinfandel is the most distinctly California wine variety, going back to the California gold rush. Its long history is evidenced by descriptors of “old-vines” and “ancient-vines” on bottles and its nomination as the State grape. After a period of relative obscurity, Zinfandel is finding great acceptance today as both white Zinfandel and the traditional red variety. Great variation exists in its nose and taste depending on where it is produced. We will taste samples of red Zinfandel and show the impact of “terroir”, or elevation, topography, soil, microclimate, and other spatial attributes on these fruity, aromatic, full-bodied wines. Taste geography! NSF Workshop #1: Writing Proposals for NSF Geography
and Regional Science Research Grants This is a workshop intended for faculty members and professional geographers (not graduate students) who engage in research in geography and regional science and wish to learn about how to prepare proposals for a research grant. Program officers from the Geography and Regional Science Program at the National Science Foundation discuss ways to improve the quality of a proposal and common fallacies to avoid in writing competitive grant proposals. Discussions will be followed by a question and answer period. Mapping and Spatial Analysis on the Web Today's web mapping tools have become more than just online maps--they provide easy-to-use yet powerful ways to understand geographic issues and patterns from the local to global scale. Join ESRI Education staff as we use ArcWeb Explorer, ArcGIS Explorer, the National Atlas, and a host of useful online tools as an enhancement to GIS-based analysis. Included in the workshop are exercises that you can use to map and analyze your own data within the web-based applications. Participants will need to provide their own transportation to U.C. Berkeley for this workshop (BART recommended). Expanding Your Spatial Analysis into 3D Analyzing geographic phenomena in three dimensions is easier than ever. Join ESRI Education staff as we use ArcGIS Explorer, ModelBuilder, Spatial Analyst, and 3D Analyst on real-world problems to visualize and analyze spatial information to enhance your research and teaching. Use ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI's new Virtual Globe software, to combine streaming data from the Internet with YOUR data for 3D visualization and inquiry. ModelBuilder can be used to help students understand geoporocessing workflows while Spatial and 3D Analyst are powerful extensions to ArcGIS desktop software that allows for seamless integration and analysis of different data formats in three dimensions. Participants will need to provide their own transportation to U.C. Berkeley for this workshop (BART recommended). Thursday, April 19 Object-Based Image Analysis with Definiens Professional
Software The ability to accurately map remotely-sensed images is important to the management of earth systems, in both natural and social sciences. This workshop will introduce participants to object-based image analysis (OBIA) using Definiens Professional software (version 5, formerly “eCognition”). During the first hour, participants will get a brief overview of remote sensing, followed by an in-depth focus on the software’s capabilities, using examples from land use/land cover change, urban planning, and natural resource management. In the remaining three hours, participants will receive hands-on experience using the software, and are encouraged to bring their own data to explore if time permits. This workshop will be hosted at the Geospatial Imaging & Informatics Facility on University of California, Berkeley (a Definiens Center of Excellence) and co-taught by the Facility and the Center for Fire Research & Outreach. Participants will need to provide their own transportation to U.C. Berkeley for this workshop (BART recommended). Change Detection and Automated Tie Point Generation
with Imagery Change detection is one of the most common uses of remotely sensed data. Although an easy concept to understand, results can suffer from complex issues such as poor image registration and radiometric differences. IMAGINE DeltaCue, along with IMAGINE AutoSync, simplifies the complexity of the change detection process and automatic image registration. IMAGINE DeltaCue contains tools for radiometric normalization and allows a user to define a land cover class of interest to monitor for changes. IMAGINE AutoSync takes two or more images from difference sources and automatically generates thousands of tie points to improve the registration or to orthorectify or reference new raw imagery to an existing image base. Wine Tasting Workshop: Virtual Fieldtrip of Lodi’s
Seven Appellations Join Mark Chandler, Executive Director of the Lodi-Woodbridge Grapegrowers Association and award winning wine educator, as he leads us through a vicarious fieldtrip of the climate, landforms and soils of Lodi, California. This is one of the up and coming wine districts of California and is producing many exciting wines. Taste wines from the seven appellations of Lodi and determine for yourself how the physical geography of each region influences the wine and makes each region unique. NSF Workshop #2: Writing Proposals for NSF Geography
and Regional Science CAREER Grants This is a workshop intended for Geography and Regional Science faculty members at the Assistant Professor rank who are in tenure-track positions and wish to learn about how to prepare proposals for a CAREER Grant. Program officers from the Geography and Regional Science Program at the National Science Foundation discuss some of the rules associated with this particular grant, the “dos” and “don’ts” of writing a competitive proposal, followed by a question and answer period. Friday, April 20 NSF Workshop #3: Writing Proposals for NSF Geography
and Regional Science Research Grants This is a workshop intended for faculty members and professional geographers (not graduate students) who engage in research in geography and regional science and wish to learn about how to prepare proposals for a research grant. Program officers from the Geography and Regional Science Program at the National Science Foundation discuss ways to improve the quality of a proposal and common fallacies to avoid in writing competitive grant proposals. Discussions will be followed by a question and answer period. An Introduction to GIS using XMap 5.0 GIS Editor Traditionally GIS software requires an extensive period of training and education on how to use the technology before it can be applied in a productive capacity. This workshop will provide an opportunity for attendees to see the practical application of GIS in an accessible and understandable way. The program will cover basic data collection and creation, feature display and symbolization, simple analysis and querying tools, and data sharing including publishing of data layers to an interactive Web site. Saturday, April 21 Looking for Data User Services at the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) will host a presentation introducing our suite of remote sensing data products and services. The LP DAAC discussion begins with overviews of the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on the Terra platform and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on the Terra and Aqua platforms. Methods for locating, reviewing, and ordering these data through the LP DAAC interfaces will be presented. An overview covering the tools available for manipulating data format and projection, subsetting, data analysis, and quality assessment will conclude the workshop. NSF Workshop #4: Writing Proposals for NSF Geography
and Regional Science Dissertation Grants This is a workshop intended for doctoral students in Geography and Regional Science who wish to learn about how to prepare proposals for a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) Grant. DDRI grants may be requested for up to $12,000 to help doctoral candidates with their research needs. Program officers from the Geography and Regional Science Program at the National Science Foundation will discuss some of the “dos” and “don’ts” of writing a competitive proposal, followed by a question and answer period.
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