Introduction to Spatial Analysis

Readings

 For full bibliographic information, see the Bibliography page.

WEEK #	TOPICS	Readings
0	Getting Started	Primary Readings Maantay and Ziegler, GIS for the Urban Environment, Chapter 1 Longley et al., Geographical Information Systems and Science, Chapter 1 Case Study Readings (optional, but helpful for homework) Maantay and Ziegler, Case Studies 1-2 Longley et al., Chapter 2 Helpful Resources for Websites DUSPviz – Intro to HTML and CSS DUSPviz – Portfolios with a Bootstrap Template DUSPviz - Tutorials
1	Cartography and Map Design	Primary Readings Slocum, et al., Thematic Cartography and Geographic Visualization, Chapter 1 Maantay and Ziegler, Chapter 4 Visual Guides to Symbols and Classification (optional, but recommended reference for homework) Krygier and Wood, Making Maps, Chapters 8 and 9 Case Study Readings: Power of Visualization Kurgan, Close Up at a Distance, Chapter 9 Kitchin et al., Rethinking Maps, Chapter 1 Optional Reading Corner, “The Agency of Mapping” (great for designers!) Cosgrove, “Carto-City” (great for urbanists!)
2	Spatial Data - Types, Structures, and Representation	Primary Readings Maantay and Ziegler, Chapter 4 Longley et al., Chapter 9 Salm, “Visualizing NYC’s MapPLUTO Database” Case Study Readings: Zoning and GIS Bui et al., “40 Percent of the Buildings in Manhattan Could Not Be Built Today”  Zandbergen and Hart, “Reducing Housing Options for Convicted Sex Offenders”  Web Sites to Explore Municipal Art Society: Accidental Skyline Tool OASIS Map Cambridge Map Viewer Optional Reading (summary, helpful for quick understanding) Krygier and Wood, Chapter 3
3	Quantitative Mapping: Census Data and the ACS	Primary Readings: Maantay and Ziegler, Chapter 6 Peters and MacDonald, Urban Policy and the Census, Chapters 1 and 2 (Chapter 3 optional) Badger, “A Census Question That Could Change How Power Is Divided in America”  Branigan, “China census could be first to record true population” Case Study: Segregation, Funding, and Schools Turner, “The 50 Most Segregating School Borders In America”  Turner, “Why America’s Schools Have A Money Problem” NPR, 2016 Fault Lines Web Map “Fault Lines: America’s Most Segregated School District Borders” (pp. 21-26 mandatory, the rest optional) Web Sites to Explore Census Data Visualization Gallery Bloch et al., “Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census” Aisch et al., “Where We Came From and Where We Went, State by State” Bloch et al., “Mapping America: Every City, Every Block” Gebeloff et al., “Where Poor and Uninsured Americans Live” Bloch et al., “Mapping Uninsured Americans” Community Data Portal, Pratt Center for Community Development Optional Reading Monmonier, How to Lie with Maps, Chapter 10
4	Spatial Data Formats and Geoprocessing	Primary Readings Maantay and Ziegler, Chapter 9 Schlossberg, “GIS, the US Census and Neighborhood Scale Analysis” Case Study: Transportation Catchment Areas and GIS Andersen and Landex, “GIS-based Approaches to Catchment Area Analysis of Mass Transit”  Frank et al., “Urban Form, Travel Time, and Cost Relationships with Tour Complexity and Mode Choice” Cox, “Region’s Transportation and Land-Use Policies Have Little Effect on Traffic Congestion” Optional Reading Kremer and DeLiberty, “Local Food Practices and Growing Potential”
5	Geocoding and Address Finding - Beginning Raster Decision Making	Primary Readings Maantay and Ziegler, Chapter 7 Shkolnikov, “Befriending a Geocoder” Case Study: Geo-coding (for those interested in U.S.-based economic development and arts and culture) Currid and Williams, “The Geography of Buzz” Case Study: Addressing the Favelas (everyone look at this!) “Take a Trip to the Olympics with what3words and RioGo”  “Addressing Brazil’s favelas | what3words”  Marshall, “Google and Microsoft are Putting Rio’s Favelas on the Map” Reference Reading (to understand geocoding errors and issues Goldberg et al., “From Text to Geographic Goordinates” Zandbergen, “Influence of street reference data on geocoding quality” Hart and Zandbergen, “Reference data and geocoding quality” (good background on geo-coding problems you should be aware of)
6	Raster Decision Making and Suitability	Primary Readings Maantay and Ziegler, Chapters 9 and 12 Collins, Steiner, and Richman, “Land-Use Suitability Analysis in the United States”  Case Study Kar and Hodgson, “A GIS‐Based Model to Determine Site Suitability of Emergency Evacuation Shelters” Optional Reading Carr and Zwick, “Using GIS Suitability Analysis to Identify Potential Future Land Use Conflicts”
7	Transition to 11.520	[none]