The primary text for the course is GIS Fundamentals (Bolstad). The following list of reading assignments is subject to change (changes will be announced in class).
Complete the reading listed for the assigned week by the Monday class of that week unless otherwise noted in class.
| Week |
Dates |
Topic |
Readings |
| 1 |
8/20, 8/22 |
Introduction
to GIS |
Bolstad Ch. 1 |
| 2 |
8/27, 8/29 |
Data
Structures |
Bolstad Ch. 2 ArcGIS Help - "Essentials Library" - What is GIS ArcGIS Help "Professional Library" - Mapping and Visualization Modules 1 & 2 of Learning ArcGIS Desktop |
| 3 |
9/5 |
Map
Projections, Coordinate Systems (No class Monday) |
Bolstad
Ch. 3, Module 3 of Learning ArcGIS Desktop VC course |
| 4 |
9/10, 9/16 |
Database
Construction (Building
vector data, Digitizing)
|
Bolstad
Ch. 4, 7, ESRI
(Web), ESRI "Fundamentals of Editing" |
| 5 |
9/17, 9/19 |
Database
Construction (Building
vector data, Digitizing) |
Bolstad
Ch. 4, 7, ESRI
(Web), ESRI "Fundamentals of Editing" |
6 |
9/24, 9/26 |
GPS
(lecture
notes) |
Bolstad Ch. 5, GPS Online Readings |
| 7 |
10/1, 10/3 |
Metadata |
Bolstad
Ch. 14 (lecture notes) |
| 8 |
10/8, 10/10 |
||
9 |
10/15, 10/17 |
Spatial
Data Query (lecture_notes) |
E-Reserves, Bolstad Ch. 8 |
| 10 |
10/22, 10, 24 |
Review, Exam 1 |
Bolstad
Ch. 9 |
| 11 |
10/29, 10/31 |
Cartography (lecture notes), Spatial Attributes (lecture notes) |
|
| 12 |
11/5, 11/7 |
Spatial
Data Analysis |
Bolstad Ch. 10,11, ESRI (Web) |
| 13 |
11/12, 11/14 |
Spatial Data Analysis |
Bolstad
Ch. 11 |
| 14 |
11/26, 11/28 |
Lab work week |
- |
15 |
12/3, 12/5 |
Mon.- Exam review, Wed. project presentations |
- |
| 12/10 |
Final Exam 8am-10am |
