1. A Geodesign Project to Augment a
Traditional GIS Course
Michael N. DeMers
Department of Geography
October 25-27, 2012
Las Cruces, NM

2. Getting to the Neomillenial GIS
Learner Through Practical Research

3. Neomillennial Learner

4. Motivation
Real Consequences

5. Valles Caldera Project
• Setting: Valles Caldera National Preserve
• Background materials
– VC Geoatabase
– VC Management Documents
– Internet Resources
– Leading discussion Questions
• Problem: Pending congressional legislation
• Exercise: Use geodesign tools to inform
congress

6. Valles Caldera National Preserve

8. The Legislation

9. Geodesign Component
• What will the preserve look like if the National
Park Service takes over?
– Additional infrastructure
• Roads, sewerage, visitor center expansion, picnic
areas, etc.
– Potential impacts
– Sources of data and information???
– Output: 2 scenarios
– Rubric

14. The Geodesign Process