USC Students Page
Below you will find Professor Waite’s Trojan course materials and external links to student resources and pages!
PPD 631 – GIS for Policy, Planning, and Development
Location
University of Southern California, Los Angeles Campus – Room VPD 106
Fridays
August 28 and October 30: 8:30-5:00
September 18 and October 2: 9:00-12:30
Course Materials
| Course Syllabus on Brightspace | Tips and Tricks |
| Project Guidelines | Assignments |
| ESRI News For State and Local Governments Newsletter |
Lectures and Presentations
Slideshows & Weekly Videos
(Note: The videos below are for the old version of the book and are a supplement to the YouTube channel)
Other Presentations
Data and Resource Links
Data Sources
- Links from Nick’s LA County Presentation
- DRP Exhibit Hall Page (from GIS Day)
Community Boundaries (Story Map)
Cartographic Explorer (for LA County Planning)
Why is GIS important to planners (from my colleagues at LA City)
(4 min video – from 2018; still relevant)
Interactive GIS Web Mapping Applications (from our website)
GIS-NET Public
Tree Hub
Mapping Resources for Recovery & Rebuilding
LARIAC (LA County Imagery Acquisition Consortium)
Academic Internships
GIS Day slide
LA28 stuff
Story Map
Sports Schedule Dashboards
Build Your Map
Resources
| Understanding Esri credits | Setting GIS priorities | Esri’s Maps We Love |
| CommunityViz software | Esri free online lessons | Link to other USGS maps & aerial photos (not data) |
| Geospatial Concepts (Johns Hopkins) | ||
Other GIS Links
Past Projects
“Don’t copy.“
Dr. Robert P. Biller, 2009