ESF 300

 Lecture, Lab and Reading Schedule

            NOTE:  Readings are from the required textbook, Concepts and Techniques in Geographic Information Systems by Lo and Yeung

Week

Lecture Topics

Lab Topics

Required Readings

1

(8/31/09)

M – Maps and Geospatial Data

W -- Data Classification Methods

 

 1.  Mapping Basics – Geometry &  Interpretation

Chapter 2 (2.1 – 2.5)

 

2

(9/07/09)

M – No class

W -- Digital Representation and Organization of Spatial Data

2.  Digital Data Models –Raster vs Vector & Intro to IDRISI *  Data

Chapter 3

 

3

(9/14/08)

M – Data Acquisition with Remote Sensing

W – Acquisition of Geospatial Data

3. Raster GIS – Image Processing I  DATA

IDRISI Manual, Chpt. 3 – Remote Sensing

Chapter 8  (8.1- 8.5) 

Chapter 2 (2.6 – 2.8)

4

(9/21/09)

M – No Class

W -- In Class Exercise

 

No labs – do on your own

10. Data Acquisition, pp 1-4

Supplementary Reading I

(on Blackboard) 

5

(9/28/08)

M –No Class

W – Raster Geoprocessing – Database Query

No LABS –

IDRISI Manual, Chpt. 2

6

(10/05/09)

M - Extraction of Thematic Information from RS

W – Geospatial Data Quality and Standards

4. Raster GIS – Image Processing II & Map Accuracy Assessment * DATA

Chapter 8

(8.6 - 8.8)

Chapter 4

IDRISI Manual, Chpt. 3

7

(10/12/09)

M – Vector Geoprocessing: Spatial Data Creation 

W – Georeferencing

6.  Vector GIS – Introduction to ArcGIS

DATA

 Chapter 6

(6.1 – 6.3)

 

8

(10/19/09

M -- Data Acquisition with GPS

W --  Mid-term Review

 

9. Vector GIS – Introduction to GPS and Spatial Accuracy data

10. Data Base Creation using Gps, pp 5 - 8

 

 

Supplementary Reading II

(on Blackboard) 

9

(10/26/09)

M --  Case Study: Dr. Jackie Frair, Tracking Animals on the Move with GPS

W  – Mid-term

7. GIS database creation From doqqs

DATA

Prepare for Exam

10

11/02/09)

 M – Vector Geoprocessing: Non-topological GIS Functions;  Case Study: Environmental Justice

W – Exam Return, Raster Geoprocessing

8. Vector GIS – Attribute Table Joining, Data Queries & Management Planning DATA

 

Chapter 6

(6.4– 6.6)

11

(11/09/09)

M – Basic Raster Operations and Analysis

W -- Spatial Models and Modeling – suitability mapping

 

5. Raster GIS – Data Queries & Land Cover Change Analysis DATA

Chapter 5

 

12

(11/16/09)

M – Digital Terrain (Elevation) Models

W – Case Study: Modeling

Climate-Induced Glacier and Vegetation Change in Glacier National Park

 

12. Digital elevation Data and terrain analysis

Chapter 9 – Digital Terrain Modeling

13

(11/23/09)

M – Spatial Models and Modeling – suitability mapping

W – NO CLASS --Thanksgiving Break

No LABS

Supplementary Reading III

 

14

(11/30/08)

M -- Cartographic Modeling Case Study: The Endangered Hugag

W – Sam Quinn, “In Search of the Endangered Hellbender.”

11. Raster GIS – Cartographic Modelling & Site Selection  DATA

IDRISI Tutorial 2.1

Cartographic Modeling 

15

(12/07/09)

M -- Basic Vector Operations and Analysis

W – Turning Point Data into Continuous Surface Data via geostatistics; Case Study Onondaga Lake Sediment Contamination

 13. Vector GIS - Spatial Analysis using point data – part i)   DATA

 

Chapter 10 – Spatial Data Analysis, Modeling and Mining

16

12/14/09

Review for Final Exam

 

 

·         Supplementary Reading I from Chpt. 4 of GIS for the Urban Environment by Maantay and Ziegler (on reserve in Moon Library)

·         Supplementary Reading II from Chpt 7 of GIS Fundamentals; A First Textbook on Geographic Information Systems, 3rd Edition, by Paul Bolstad. (on reserve in Moon Library)

·         Supplementary Reading III from Chpt. 5 of GIS for the Urban Environment by Maantay and Ziegler (on reserve in Moon Library)