Jim Morse May, 10, 2008 Tele-Con 3: Investigating Earthquakes with AEJEE GIS, Session 1

Jim Morse May, 10, 2008 Tele-con 3: Investigating Earthquakes with AEJEE GIS, session 1

Here is my screen shot from 5/10, I already have the earthquake data added, although it is not currently highlighted. I added volcanoes because that seemed relevant to Plate Tectonics and earthquakes. The rest of the answers are on the next page…. Jim Morse May, 10, 2008 Tele-con 3: Investigating Earthquakes with AEJEE GIS, session 1

Answers: 1) This is a map of the world that currently shows the political boundaries of countries and the states of the United States, longitude and latitude information is available- but the data is expressed in terms of the Cartesian plane. I have already added the earthquake data, although it is not highlighted….I have added volcano locations (highlighted) and rivers (just for fun-not highlighted). The Tectonic Plate boundaries are also highlighted.

2) You can bring all kinds of data to the GIS physical geography info like elevation, different aspects of climate (temperature, precipitation, etc..) the earthquake and volcano data, statistical data concerning population for different regions, states on your map…the data possibilities are seemingly endless.

3) Another dataset containing latitude and longitude coordinates could be a map of any particular region, like the United States, or a different world map, examining different data such as population, climate, etc.

4) I had some trouble getting ready for the workshop playing around with AEJEE trying to add the info from the Excel spreadsheets myself. I had the spreadsheets in the correct format (Comma Separated Values), and cleaned up the title and info in the bottom of the page, but didn’t correct the heading with symbols, and wasn’t aware of the evil, hidden data in some of the blanks cells. Besides that the software seems like a great tool, and…

A GOOD LESSONING PLANNING SUGGESTION FOR US ALL: I CAN SEE HOW IT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL TO HAVE A “CLEANED UP” VERSION OF THE DATA READY FOR THE STUDENTS. THE DATA GATHERING CAN BE A GREAT LESSON AS WELL AS THE APPLICATION WITH THE AEJEE, BUT NOT BEING ABLE TO LOAD THE DATA CAN BE VERY FRUSTRATING, AS WE LEARNED.