HOT TOPICS IN GIS
Guidelines for Developing Web Sites in Imaging the Earth
In lieu of writing a review paper, you are required to develop a WWW site that addresses the question "How have GIS and related technologies been used to address a question or problem that interests you." If you haven't done so already, it would be a very good idea to discuss your WWW site topic and ideas with either of us before you begin your web site. At minimum, you need to inform us ASAP of your web site topic. There will be no duplication of topics. Remeber, while you clearly have to set the stage for your topic, your web site should focus on "how" GIS and related technologies have been used, and not just cover the subject matter.
WEB SITES ARE DUE (i.e., access to the server will be denied) ON OCTOBER
19.
The following are some general guidelines for creating WWW sites in this
course.
1. Your WWW pages should be appealing, but very professional looking (don't use bells and whistles unless they serve a purpose).
2. Your WWW sites should be easy to navigate and easy to read.
3. In general, you topics should be discussed at a level at which a person fairly well educated in the sciences should be able to understand.
4. All references to WWW resources must be written in the proper format (as described in Online! chapter 8) and must be hyperlinked to the literature cited as well. Your references should be a good mix of web based resources and peer-reviewed literature.
5. All figures must have figure legends and in these figure legends, you must cite your sources, and provide hyperlinks when appropriate.
6. If you use copyrighted figures or images in your web site, you must get permission to do so and that must be indicated in a small font below that figure or image. You should have a link to the appropriate sites if you are discussing a product sold by a particular company.
7. At the bottom of the home page, you must put the following sentence: "This website was created as a part of a class project in Imaging the Earth, at Davidson College"
All WWW sites must contain the following:
A main page from which all other pages can be linked
Generally, you will want to put buttons on the left hand side of the page and keep them consistent throughout your site.
Quality content (i.e., text, figures, etc.)
A minimum of 5 separate pages within the site.
Images illustrating your content.
Hyperlinks to other web sites related to yours
A link back to the index page listing all the other student web pages.
An email link to you, at the bottom of each page
Software: You can use
any software to you like to develop your WWW page. We have provided Macromedia Products (Dreamweaver, Fireworks,
and Flash) on all laboratory computers for your convenience.
These instructions are adapted from those developed
by A. Malcolm Campbell for Molecular Biology at Davidson College and modified
by Michael E. Dorcas for use in Imaging the Earth.