Schedule of Lectures,
| Date | Discussion Topic |
|
Lab |
| Jan 9th | Course Overview What is GIS and what is it used for |
Longley: pages 1-33 pages: 35-60 |
No lab |
| Jan 16th | The history of GIS Data Representation |
Longley: pages 61-83 | Lab1: Introduction to ArcGIS |
| Jan 23rd | The Nature of Geographic Data Data models |
Longley: pages 85-107 pages 177-197 |
Lab2: Symbology and classification |
| Jan 30th | Guest speaker: Mark Bosworth, Metro Projections and georeferencing |
Longley: pages 109-126 pages 85-107 |
Lab3: Projecting data and georeferencing |
| Feb 6th | Uncertainty and documentation
mid term |
Longley: pages 127-153 | Lab4: Querying data, joins and relates |
| Feb 13th | Creating and maintaining geographic databases
Data collection Graduate project proposals due |
Longley:pages 217-239
pages 199-216 |
Lab5: Preparing data for spatial analysis |
| Feb 20th | GIS Software Guest speaker: Tim Welch, GIS Programmer. Open Source GIS. |
Longley: pages 158-175 | Lab6: Creating and editing features and attributes |
| Feb 27th | Geographic query and analysis Spatial analysis and optimization |
Longley: pages 315-339 pages 341-362 pages |
Lab 7: Geocoding and address matching |
| March 5th | Guest Speaker: Josh Cerra, Herrera Inc. Advanced spatial modeling |
Longley: pages 363-382 pages 385-403 pages |
Lab 8: Vector data modeling |
| March 12th | Graduate student presentations Final exam distributed |
NA | Lab 9: Spatial analysis |
| March 19th | Graduate student presentations Final exam due |
NA | No Lab |