Lab 5 (Optional)

Introduction

You will use custom-made GIS tools to do spatial optimization exercises in this lab. The sequence of lab exercise includes filling one pre-exercise and one post-exercise survey and using one manual interactive and one automatic GIS tool to carry out the same spatial optimization task. The estimated time required is listed below.

 

Task

Time (minutes)

Introduction and preparation

15

Manual interactive tool

15

Automatic tool

10

Finishing

10

Total

50

 

You will earn a bonus point toward the class participation grade by participating in this exercise. This is a timed lab. Because of this, the lab will start on a fixed time. If you are late for the scheduled time, you will not be able to participate in the exercise. You can participate in any lab session, but you are only allowed to participate once. Here is the lab schedule.

 

Session 1: March 14 (Tue), starts at 8:30AM

Session 2: March 14 (Tue), starts at 6:00PM

Session 3: March 17 (Fri), starts at 1:30PM