Barbara (Babs)ÌýButtenfield

  • Professor Emerita of Geography
  • GIS,ÌýCartographic Generalization, Multi-Scale Databases
  • Ph.D. University of Washington, 1984
  • GIS

Research Interests

I teach courses in Geographic Information Science, GIS Modeling, Cartography and Information Design. My research interests focus on generalization, understanding the impacts of scale and resolution on data and modeling, representing uncertainty, and designing visualization tools for environmental modeling. I am a Past President of the American Cartographic Association. In 2001, I was named GIS Educator of the Year by the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science.

Recent Courses Taught

  • Spring 2020ÌýÌýGEOGÌý4103/5103ÌýGIS: Spatial Analytics
  • Fall 2019ÌýÌýGEOGÌý4203/5203ÌýGIS: Spatial Modeling
  • Spring 2019ÌýÌýGEOGÌý4103/5103ÌýGIS: Spatial Analytics
  • Fall 2018ÌýÌýGEOGÌý4203/5203ÌýGIS: Spatial Modeling
  • Spring 2018ÌýÌýGEOGÌý4103/5103ÌýGIS: Spatial Analytics
  • Spring 2018ÌýÌýGEOG4503/5503ÌýGIS: Project Management
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