Internet GIS:Internet GIS:

Explore Our World Explore Our World from a Hyperspace from a Hyperspace

Gateway!Gateway!

Freese Middle School 2-18-2004

Dr. GIS (Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou)

Department of GeographySan Diego State University

GIS are GIS are Magic Sandwiches !Magic Sandwiches !

GGeographiceographic IInformationnformation SSystemsystems

San Diego GIS

< Soil Map

Elevation >

< Streets

Aerial Photos >

What are the best routes for your school bus in order to get everyone home the fastest?

The driving directions from your home to Disneyland !

How to improve the water quality and protect our natural environment in San Diego.

GIS can help you to GIS can help you to Answer:Answer:

GIS are inside GIS are inside Computers Computers

The GIS lab at Geography Department, SDSU.

Fun Facts:

• Michael Jordan studied Geography at the University of North Carolina where he also became a famous basketball player!

• The “Richest Geographer” is Jake Dangermond, the president of ESRI (the biggest GIS company), his privately owned company. ESRI has revenues of more than $469 million with 2,700 employees, and 99 international offices!

Fly through San Diego !

3D GIS Demo

What is the Internet ?

• Inter-networking (connecting different kinds of networks together) cable modems, DSL, dial-up….

• Sharing Information (showing pictures to your grandfather/grandmom) !

• The device for the Hyperspace Jump!

Internet GIS: The Hyperspace Gateway

San Diego(SANGIS) http://www.sangis.com/

Francehttp://www.parc-vosges-nord.fr/ http://212.95.67.44/website/PARC/viewer.htm

New York Cityhttp://www.oasisnyc.net/

Mars !!!http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/tharsis/ngs.html

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

http://map.sdsu.edu/website/freese/

Freese Elementary !

Monitor the 2003 Wildfires in San Diego!

Combine Multimedia Maps and Virtual Reality !

Provide mobile GIS applications (wireless communications) !

Internet GIS canInternet GIS can

NASA’s Satellite Image (MODIS: 10-27-2003 )

Satellite Images

Fire Spread Animation (Hot Spots detected from Satellite Images)

Map.sdsu.edu

Virtual Reality !(Mission Trail Regional Park)

Mobile GIS !

Mobile GIS Framework Mobile GIS Framework

(Internet Map Servers, GPS, Wi-Fi, Pocket PC, Vehicle)(Internet Map Servers, GPS, Wi-Fi, Pocket PC, Vehicle)

Internet Map Server on notebook computer with wireless access port.

Field workers: Pocket PC, GPS, and wireless card.

Wi-Fi wireless communication (up to 300 feet)

Autonomous Unit: Autonomous Unit:

Independent, Portable, Reliable Independent, Portable, Reliable

Mobile unit with Portable Battery Mobile unit mounted on a vehicle.

User Scenario:User Scenario:

Environmental Monitoring and ManagementEnvironmental Monitoring and Management

Mission Trail Regional ParkMission Trail Regional Park

G P S (Global Positioning Systems)

GPS Data for MTRP BMX (motor-crossing bicycling)

A Vision for the Future

• Internet GIS• Mobile GIS• Wireless Networks

• NASA’s Vision (Video Play)

• NASA Earth Science Enterprise

• http://www.earth.nasa.gov

Thank You !!!

• I am “Dr. GIS” • Questions and Answers ?