I forgot about Linked Data! Definitely do something there. Much, much more important that installing WAMP.
-Eric -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Sen Xu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Sounds like a great course. Being a Ph.D student in geography and recently > taken a semester class in developing VGI-based application, I strongly > recommend not getting into SDKs (given the course title is mapping mashups > and beyond). Setting up the environment for everyone takes about 2 months > time and probably only 10 percent of the student would use it after class or > even remember how to set it up again. > > Another topic worth looking at is Linked Data. Some resources can be found > from the GeoVoCampDC2011 (http://vocamp.org/wiki/GeoVoCampDC2011). For a > second year undergrad course, doing implementation with linked data might be > too much but the idea of it could be quite inspiring to the students. > > Regards, > Sen > > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 2:32 PM, R E Sieber <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I'm teaching a new course on Mapping Mashups and Beyond in the Fall. It's >> for second year undergraduate geographers and I hope it can set them on a >> path to being part of the next generation of geospatial data >> handlers/modelers/developers. I could use any help in helping me make this >> course successful. >> >> What I'm thinking of teaching is >> >> >> - Exploring digital earth architectures (e.g., Google Maps, Google >> Earth, Microsoft Bing Maps, OpenLayers, NASA WorldWind) >> - Writing KMLs and KMZs for digital earths >> - Contributing volunteered geographic information (VGI)* via Open >> Street Map (entering, editing, examining metadata) >> >> >> >> - Using geospatial Application Program Interfaces (APIs) >> - Geotagging and harvesting other geographic content, for example via >> web scraping >> - Developing online databases >> >> >> >> - Installing and deploying the WAMP software stack >> - Developing server/cloud-side geospatial applications >> >> >> >> - Collecting real time data (e.g., Twitter) >> - Working with location based services, for example with the iPhone >> SDK** and ushahidi >> - Exploring social, political, and legal issues of using VGI >> >> Remember that these are geographers so they'll have near zero >> computing/software engineering skills. Moreover, having been taught GIS, >> they'll be biased towards a particular way of thinking about geospatial data >> handling: it's only about making maps; it's desktop bound; and it focuses >> mainly on spatial analysis. So any advice you have on what I should be >> teaching and how I should be teaching it (e.g., how much of any of these >> bullet points) would be vastly appreciated! >> >> thanks, >> Renee >> >> * I know, I know. I don't like the term either. >> >> **I doubt I'll get to the SDK. It'll be hard enough to get them through >> WAMP. Here it's probably just ushahidi. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Geowanking mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org >> >> > > > -- > Sen Xu > Ph.D Candidate > Department of Geography, GeoVISTA Center, 302 Walker Building > Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > >
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