SO432--GIS
Fall 2011 Syllabus
(10/24/2011)
| Week | Mon | Tues (lab) | Wed | Coverage (readings list in course text) | Lab (directions in course text) | Additional Readings |
| 1 | 22-Aug-11 | 23-Aug-11 | 24-Aug-11 | Introduction and overview of GIS | Introduction to GIS and Mapping. Lab 1 due 0955 Tues 30 Aug |
Talbot, 2004, Technology Review |
| 2 | 29-Aug-11 | 30-Aug-11 | 31-Aug-11 | Basics of computer mapping | Projections and Horizontal Datums Lab 2 due 0955 Tues 13 Sept |
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| 3 | 5-Sep-11 Labor Day |
6-Sep-11 lecture |
7-Sep-11 | Basics of computer mapping | ||
| 4 | 12-Sep-11 | 13-Sep-11 | 14-Sep-11 | Types of digital data | Maps of your home county | |
| 5 | 19-Sep-11 | 20-Sep-11 | 21-Sep-11 | Vector GIS basics | Vector GIS--joins and computations | |
| 6--Academic reserved, Exam Wed | 26-Sep-11 | 27-Sep-11 | 28-Sep-11 | Database design and creation |
Vector GIS--create a database Lab 5 due 0955 Tues 4 Oct |
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| 7 | 3-Oct-11 | 4-Oct-11 | 5-Oct-11 | Applications with vector data |
Redistricting Lab 6 due 0955 Wed 12 Oct |
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| 8--Project topic sentence due 1630 Friday | 10-Oct-11 Columbus Day |
11-Oct-11 | 12-Oct-11 | Digitizing | Vector GIS--registration and digitizing | |
| 9 | 17-Oct-11 | 18-Oct-11 | 19-Oct-11 | Digitizing | Vector GIS--registration and digitizing | |
| 10--Project database structure due 1630 Friday | 24-Oct-11 | 25-Oct-11 | 26-Oct-11 | Raster GIS operations | Raster GIS: zonal operations and map algebra | |
| 11--Academic reserved, Exam Wed | 31-Oct-11 | 1-Nov-11 | 2-Nov-11 | GIS and the internet | Web services | Roush, 2005, Technology Review |
| 12 | 7-Nov-11 | 8-Nov-11 | 9-Nov-11 | GIS and remote sensing | Satellite classification | |
| 13--Project data listing due 1630 Friday | 14-Nov-11 | 15-Nov-11 | 16-Nov-11 | Digital Elevation Models | DEMs | |
| 14 | 21-Nov-11 | 22-Nov-11 | 23-Nov-11 | LIDAR and Sonar point clouds | Point clouds | |
| 15 | 28-Nov-11 | 29-Nov-11 | 30-Nov-11 | Examples | Fire base camp | |
| 16--Project due 1630 Tuesday | 5-Dec-11 | 6-Dec-11 | 7-Dec-11 | Conclusion and Review | Sensor Coverage |