San Diego State UniversitySan Diego State UniversityGIS Education Programs GIS Education Programs

Department of Geography Department of Geography •B.S.B.S. Emphasis in Geographic Information Science Emphasis in Geographic Information Science•M.S.M.S. Concentration in Geographic Information Concentration in Geographic Information

ScienceScience•M.S.M.S. Concentration in Watershed Science. Concentration in Watershed Science.• Joint Joint Doctoral ProgramDoctoral Program in Geography with in Geography with UCSBUCSB..

Department of Geography and Computer ScienceDepartment of Geography and Computer Science•Geographic Information Science CertificateGeographic Information Science Certificate (a joint (a joint

program of geography and computer science program of geography and computer science departments (departments (2727 units, open for both units, open for both undergradaute and graduate students at SDSU).undergradaute and graduate students at SDSU).

•Concurrent M.S. program in GeoinformaticsConcurrent M.S. program in Geoinformatics (GIS) (GIS) (??? underdevelopment now).(??? underdevelopment now).

San Diego State University

San Diego State UniversitySan Diego State UniversityNew Faculty in 2005 FallNew Faculty in 2005 Fall

Dr. André Skupin (GIS)Dr. André Skupin (GIS)– Ph.D. State University of New York at Ph.D. State University of New York at

BuffaloBuffalo– Associate Professor at University of New Orleans.Associate Professor at University of New Orleans.– Areas of Interest:Areas of Interest:

GIS, Cartography, information visualization, GIS, Cartography, information visualization, visual data mining.visual data mining.

Dr. Li An (Landscape Ecology)Dr. Li An (Landscape Ecology)– Ph.D. Michigan State University, (East Ph.D. Michigan State University, (East

Lansing).Lansing).– Postdoc at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Postdoc at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. – Areas of Interest:Areas of Interest:

Landscape ecology, human-environment Landscape ecology, human-environment interfactions, modeling of complex systems, interfactions, modeling of complex systems, statisitcs, GIS.statisitcs, GIS.

San Diego State University

San Diego State UniversitySan Diego State UniversityNew Faculty in 2006 SpringNew Faculty in 2006 Spring

Dr. George Christakos Dr. George Christakos (The Stephen and (The Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation Endowed Chair) Mary Birch Foundation Endowed Chair)

– Ph.D. Harvard UniversityPh.D. Harvard University– Professor at Professor at

University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill..– Areas of Interest:Areas of Interest:

Statistics, Statistics, Geostatistics, Geostatistics, Environmental/ecological/health and Environmental/ecological/health and

mathematical modeling.mathematical modeling.

San Diego State University

San Diego State UniversitySan Diego State UniversityGIS FacilitiesGIS Facilities

Richard Wright Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL)Richard Wright Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL)• The main The main teaching labteaching lab. (Introductory GIS, remote sensing and . (Introductory GIS, remote sensing and

cartography) cartography) • Dell Precision Workstation Dual 3.2Ghz (27) Dell Precision Workstation Dual 3.2Ghz (27) • Macintosh G3 (1), Plotter, Digitizer, etc. Macintosh G3 (1), Plotter, Digitizer, etc. • Can be used for GIS courses and workshop.Can be used for GIS courses and workshop.

The Center for Earth Systems Analysis Research (CESAR)The Center for Earth Systems Analysis Research (CESAR) • The main The main research labresearch lab (for gradaute students and research (for gradaute students and research

projects)projects)• A state-of-the-art image processing/GIS centerA state-of-the-art image processing/GIS center• Server Groups (Enterprise Servers)Server Groups (Enterprise Servers)• Workstations (Unix, Mac, Windows)Workstations (Unix, Mac, Windows)• Plotters, printers, scanners, etc.Plotters, printers, scanners, etc.• Current used for hosting our Department web server.Current used for hosting our Department web server.• ((http://geography.sdsu.eduhttp://geography.sdsu.edu

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Common Ground Common Ground Watershed Management Watershed Management ProjectProject(City of San Diego) 3 years(City of San Diego) 3 years

Http://www.sdbay.sdsu.eduHttp://www.sdbay.sdsu.edu

National Science Foundation National Science Foundation project:project:Adopting Adopting Web-based GISWeb-based GIS for for the Development of a the Development of a ScalableScalable GIS GIS Education ProgramEducation Program (3 years - integrate GIS education (3 years - integrate GIS education between high schools/community between high schools/community colleges/university)colleges/university)Http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/hightHttp://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/hight

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