March 1st, Application Deadline

2011 IDES participant, Symone Stinson recognized by Association of Women Geologists

IDES Fall Term Seminar

The fall term seminar and meeting will take place Thursday, Nov 2nd at 4 PM

Updated Summer 2011 Summer Workshop Schedule (07/31/11)

Olivia Poblacion received an Excellence Award in Earth Science by the Department of Geosciences

Sarah Acker's proposal "The Use of Resazurin to Assess Microbial Metabolism and Aerobic Respiration" has been accepted and funded by URISC

Yuritzy Gonzales Pena has been awarded the Christian John Hunt memorial scholarship in Geography.

IDES Workshop 2010, GIS Portion

IDES Workshop Summer 2010 - GIS Bootcamp
Participant List | Pictures

Time	Day 1 - Monday, June 28, 2010 Introductions, Geobrowsing, & Web GIS
	Digital Earth Lab, Wilkinson 210
9:00-9:45	Welcome, Introductions, & Workshop Format Geospatial Revolution Movie (Penn State) \| and in the oceans What is GIS? Oil Spill Link 1 Oil Spill Link 2 Presentation file
9:45-12 noon	Google Earth Intro Exercise: Simple Navigation, Tools, Services, KML Creation Web link
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:15-3:00	Web GIS Tutorial (pdf) and Exercise 1 - Tectonics and Landforms (pdf)
3:00-3:30	Break: Get sunshine and oxygen
3:30-4:30	Web GIS Exercise 2 - Groundwater & Water Quality (pdf)
4:30-5:00	Wrapup Discussions
5:00 on	Dinner on your own

Time	Day 2 - Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Desktop GIS
	Digital Earth Lab, Wilkinson 210
9:00-9:30	Welcome & Introduction Welcome Music The "5E" Learning Cycle: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate ArcMap Quick Reference
9:30-12 noon	Exploring the Dynamic Earth:Volcano Hazards USGS Mt. St. Helens Movie \| USGS flyer \| Eos article
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:15-2:00	Volcano Hazards Wrapup Volcano World link
2:00-2:30	Break: Get sunshine and oxygen
2:30-4:30	Exploring the Dynamic Earth: Tsunamis Presentation file \| Tsunami Animation (.ogv)
4:30-5:00	Tsunami Hazards Wrapup Tele-tsunami Movie
5:00 on	Dinner on your own

Time	Day 3 - Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Desktop GIS cont. and GPS demos
	Digital Earth Lab, Wilkinson 210
9:00-9:30	Omni Globe Demo and Discussion Welcome Music
9:30-12 noon	Exploring Water Resources Help with Numbers
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:15-2:00	Water Resources Wrapup
2:00-2:30	Break: Get sunshine and oxygen
2:30-4:30	GPS Introduction and Demos Guest Speaker: Richard Ash, GeoMobile Innovations, Corvallis Presentation File Minnesota DNR GPS Data Loading Utility
4:30-5:00	Wrapup Discussions
5:00 on	Dinner on your own

Time	Day 4 - Thursday, July 1, 2010 Imagery
	Digital Earth Lab, Wilkinson 210
9:30-10:00	Welcome & Introduction Presentation File
10:00-12 noon	Classifying Multispectral Imagery
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:15-2:00	Imagery Exercise continued Bringing External Data into ArcGIS Data Portal example, ArcGIS Online example, Excel file example
2:00-3:00	Concluding Discussions/Resources: --> GIS@OSU <-- ESRI Virtual Campus: 15-Minute Map \| Natural Resource Applications Queries \| Rasters \| 3-D Analyst \| Interpolation (no code needed) Documenting Your Data (Metadata) \| Lining Up Your Data (Projections) Full OSU ESRI Virtual Campus Course List ArcGIS extension used during the week (Tools-->Customize-->Toolbars Tab-->Add from file-->(Indicate "Executable Files" as file type) Data Sources: Oregon Explorer \| Oregon Spatial Data Library \| Data.gov USGS Geography \| USGS Geospatial \| USGS Water Magazines: ArcUser \| GeoInformatics
3:15	GIS Workshop Evaluation, Information About Next Week
4:00	End of GIS Bootcamp Break for Holiday Weekend Return July 6 for Workshop Field Trips