EB/ES/GE 351 Fall
2009 Schedule

The class meets Thursday afternoons, 1:00-2:20 pm, in the GeoSpatial Analysis (GSA) Laboratory, SH 16, and by arrangement at other times. The schedule below reflects the Thursday lab sessions. Much of the lecture and laboratory material is presented via World Wide Web, and datasets for lab exercises and some readings are provided by FTP. Students are encouraged to contact the instructor at any time via e-mail.

Geospatial blog.


Schedule for Fall 2009 Semester -- First Block

Session Topic Web lecture Lab exercise Special
Aug. 20 Introduction to
geospatial analysis 		GCraft overview Intro to Idrisi Taiga
Idrisi tutorial 1-1
Set up
e-mail
Aug. 27 Overview of GIS NCGIA unit 002 Idrisi tutorial 1-2
Sep. 3 Georeferencing Georeferencing
GCraft projection 		Idrisi tutorial 1-3 Labor Day
Sep. 10 GPS GPS overview
GPS, map and compass 		Idrisi tutorial 1-4
Sep. 17 Introduction to
remote sensing 		Remote sensing
GCraft remote sensing 		Idrisi tutorial 1-5
Sep. 24 Aerial photography Aerial photography
GCraft airphoto 		Idrisi tutorial 1-6
Oct. 1 Manned-space
photography 		Space photos Web-based GIS
Oct. 8 Fall break No class
Oct. 15 Mid term Mid-term Exam
Oct. 12-15

Schedule for Fall 2009 Semester -- Second Block

Session Topic Web Lecture Lab exercise Special
Oct. 22 Landsat system Landsat overview Landsat imagery Field trip
Oct. 24
Oct. 29 Case studies in GIS GIS applications Ross NHR
Nov. 5 Sources of GIS data Internet and GIS
GCraft sources
web.pdf (FTP) 		Imagery search
Nov. 12 GIS projects Project planning Project preparation Choose project
Nov. 19 Data quality Managing error Complete all labs
Nov. 26 Thanksgiving See note below No class
Dec. 3 GIS curriculum I Teaching GIS Project preparation
Dec. 10 GIS curriculum II Curriculum design Project completion Presentations
Dec. 14 Finals week Final exam
Dec. 14-17

Schedule note: all lab exercises are due before Thanksgiving.
No late exercises will be accepted thereafter.

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