GEOG 488/588: Geographic Information Systems I


Schedule of Lectures, Readings and Labs

Date

Discussion Topic

Readings

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


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