SO432--GIS
Fall 2012 Syllabus
(10/31/2012)
| Week | Mon | Wed | Thur lab | Coverage (readings list in course text) | Lab (directions in course text) | Additional Readings |
| 1 | 20-Aug-12 | 22-Aug-12 | 23-Aug-12 | Introduction and overview of GIS | Introduction to GIS and Mapping. Lab 1 due 1055 Thur 30 Aug in course dropbox on Blackboard |
Talbot, 2004, Technology Review |
| 2 | 27-Aug-12 | 29-Aug-12 | 30-Aug-12 | Basics of computer mapping | Projections and Horizontal Datums
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| 3 | 3-Sep-12 class Tuesday |
5-Sep-12 | 6-Sep-12 | Basics of computer mapping | Lab 1 due 1055 Thur 6 Sept in course dropbox on Blackboard | |
| 4 | 10-Sep-12 | 12-Sep-12 | 13-Sep-12 | Types of digital data | Maps of your home county | |
| 5 | 17-Sep-12 | 19-Sep-12 | 20-Sep-12 | Vector GIS basics | Vector GIS--joins and computations | |
| 6--x week, exam Wednesday | 24-Sep-12 | 26-Sep-12 | 27-Sep-12 | Database design and creation | Vector GIS--create a database | |
| 7 | 1-Oct-12 | 3-Oct-12 | 4-Oct-12 | Applications with vector data | Redistricting | |
| 8--Project topic sentence due 1630 Friday | 8-Oct-12 | 10-Oct-12 | 11-Oct-12 | Digitizing | Vector GIS--registration and digitizing | |
| 9 | 15-Oct-12 | 17-Oct-12 | 18-Oct-12 | Digitizing | Vector GIS--registration and digitizing | |
| 10-- | 22-Oct-12 | 24-Oct-12 | 25-Oct-12 | Raster GIS operations | Raster GIS: zonal operations and map algebra | |
| 11--x week, Project database structure due 1630 Friday | 29-Oct-12 | 31-Oct-12 | 1-Nov-12 | GIS and the internet | Web services | Roush, 2005, Technology Review |
| 12 exam Wednesday | 5-Nov-12 | 7-Nov-12 | 8-Nov-12 | GIS and remote sensing | Satellite classification | |
| 13--Project data listing due 1630 Friday | 12-Nov-12 | 14-Nov-12 | 15-Nov-12 | Digital Elevation Models | DEMs | |
| 14 | 19-Nov-12 | 21-Nov-12 | 22-Nov-12 | LIDAR and Sonar point clouds | Point clouds | |
| 15 | 26-Nov-12 | 28-Nov-12 | 29-Nov-12 | Examples | Fire base camp | |
| 16--Project due 1630 Wednesday | 3-Dec-12 | 5-Dec-12 | 6-Dec-12 | Conclusion and Review | Sensor Coverage |