SCHEDULE
Week of: |
Lecture |
Suggested Readings and Activities |
Lab |
Jan. 11 |
1/12 Course overview and discussion of course goals. | Review Arc/Info and Vector Based GIS labs (E400/E555) | 1/14 Applications Review that includes digitizing, georeferencing, spatial operations, tabular analysis, and graphical output. |
Jan. 18 |
1/19 Project ideas presented by groups interested in your "expertise". (Also, you can present your own ideas.) | Discuss project ideas and groups amongst yourselves | 1/21 Environmental Equity Assessment of
PCB sites in Bloomington area (Assignment*: individual lab reports on assessment of environmental equity of the Superfund site you examined) |
Jan. 25 |
1/26 Compressing and transferring data;
available spatial databases; data formats, metadata.† (Provide a list of project group members on Feb. 2nd. Note that groups with more than four members need instructor approval ) |
Handout on available databases, metadata and Spatial Data Transfer Standards (SDTS) | 1/28 Sample Gap Analysis Project (GAP) (Assignment*: individual lab reports on Gap Analysis Project) |
Feb. 1 |
2/2 Using Arc Macro Language (AML) to simplify your life. (Some background on ArcView Avenue scripting will be presented if time permits.) | 2/4 Use Global Positioning System (GPS)
units and simple survey techniques to collect point data during first hour. (Dress
appropriately for the weather!) Groups may meet during the second hour. (Due: Individual Reports on Environmental Equity Assessment) |
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Feb. 8 |
2/9 Demo on
downloading base station files and differential correction of GPS points taken in previous
lab. (Provide a short synopsis of project idea, including proposed data sources and possible contacts.) |
Investigate websites related to GPS and
differential correction (see course web page). |
2/11 Import Autocad files of area South of
the Student Building. Convert differentially corrected GPS points to a coverage and create
COGO point coverage from survey information. Examine differences in the three coverages
and discuss possible sources of error for each. (Due: Individual Reports on Gap Analysis Project) |
Feb. 15 |
2/16 Overview of modeling project for next set of labs, including discussion of different data models (grids, images, vector coverages, and TINs) | Reserve readings related to data
models and GIS-based modeling techniques
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2/18 Begin modeling project: Mylar ÷ Raster ÷ Vector coverage ÷ Edited line coverage using editing and attributing AMLs. |
Feb. 22 |
2/23 Take-home Midterm Exam explained and
distributed. Discussion of soil survey data, zoning data and vegetation classification (presented by Jeff Ehman). (Literature Review due) |
2/25 Go from edited vector coverage to TIN. Possibly work on soils coverage as model input. | |
Mar. 1 |
3/2. †More on metadata or
"catchup" on other topics. (Expanded group project proposal due -- including data sources, proposed methods, contacts and literature review) |
Reserve readings related to data models and GIS-based modeling techniques (cont.) | 3/4 Develop additional geo-spatial databases for use as model inputs (i.e., modeling project continues). Begin analysis (NOTE: We have some flexibility here. We may finish modeling this week instead of next, depending on group project needs.) |
Mar. 8 |
3/9 Take home Midterm Exam due. (Cynthia Croissant provides example of final presentation.) | 3/11 Finish modeling and analysis OR
use lab period to work on group project. (See note for 3/4 lab.) (Assignment*: individual lab reports on modeling project) |
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Mar. 15 |
Spring Break |
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Mar. 22 |
3/23 GIS lab design and system administration (speaker: Anna Radue, SPEA GIS lab) | 3/25 Lab time to work on group projects (Due: Individual Reports on modeling project) |
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Mar. 29 |
3/30 Gap Analysis Project and/or the proposed Grand Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge (speakers: Forest Clark -- USFWS and Dr. Vicky Meretsky) | 4/1 Lab time to work
on group projects (No April Fool's jokes, please) |
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Apr. 5 |
4/6 Guest lecturer TBA | 4/8 Lab time to work on group projects | |
Apr. 12 |
4/13 Open GIS and the future of GIS
(speaker Kurt Buehler) (Due: Project methods and preliminary results) |
4/15 Lab time to work on group projects | |
Apr. 19 |
4/20 Final Presentations | 4/22 Lab time to
work on group projects Friday, 4/23 Final Group Project Reports due, but no 'late penalty' until after 5pm on 4/30/99. |
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Apr. 26 |
4/27 Final Presentations | 4/29 Lab time to work on group projects | |
Last Updated: 10 January 1999
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