Session Abstract

Intermediate Grid-based Map Analysis Techniques and GIS Modeling

This intermediate level workshop discusses and demonstrates several techniques for spatial analysis and data mining using numerous examples from natural resources management, geo-business and precision agriculture. The discussion focuses on concepts, procedures and practical considerations in successfully applying grid-based map analysis in GIS modeling. The workshop highlights topics in the online book Map Analysis (www.innovativegis.com/basis/).

This session extends the spatial analysis discussion to more complex applications, such as overland flow modeling and optimal path routing, and to Spatial Statistics operations (Spatial Interpolation and Spatial Data Mining) for assessing numerical relationships within and among mapped data using application examples in precision agriculture and geo-business.
(Introductory session or grid-based modeling experience recommended)

Speaker Biography

Joseph K.Berry

Joseph K. Berry is the Principal of Berry and Associates // Spatial Information Systems, consultants and software developers in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology since 1986. He also serves as the Keck Scholar in Geosciences at the University of Denver and is a Special Faculty member at Colorado State University. Prior to these assignments he was Associate Professor and Associate Dean at Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is the author of the “Beyond Mapping” column for GeoWorld and has written over two hundred papers on the analytic capabilities of GIS, author of the popular books Beyond Mapping and Spatial Reasoning and is the developer of the MapCalc Learner materials for instruction in grid-based map analysis. Dr. Berry holds a B.S. degree in Forestry, a M.S. degree in business management, and a Ph.D. emphasizing remote sensing and land use planning.