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ES 551 XA/ZA
Spring Schedule
2010

James S. Aber

The spring 2010 course schedule is given below for weekly activities in ES 551 XA/ZA. On-campus students meet on Wednesday afternoons (1:00 to 2:50) in the GeoSpatial Analysis (GSA) Lab (SH 16). Dates below are for each Wednesday.

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Week Web Lecture Textbook Lab Exercise Special
Jan. 13 Introduction to GIS Review Idrisi Send email
Jan. 20 History of maps
Maps as representations 		Chap. 1 Idrisi 1-3
Idrisi 1-4
Jan. 27 Map projections
Coordinate systems 		Chap. 2 Idrisi 1-5
Feb. 3 GPS overview
gps.pdf & chicken.pdf 		Chap. 2 Idrisi 1-6
Feb. 10 GIS databases
Raster data structure
GIS networks 		Chap. 3 Idrisi 1-7
Feb. 17 GIS data sources Chap. 4 Idrisi 1-8
Feb. 24 Data storage
Error in GIS
Chap. 4 Idrisi 2-2 Mid-term exam
Feb. 26-Mar. 2
Mar. 3 Data quality in GIS Chap. 5 Idrisi 2-3

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Week Web Lecture Textbook Lab Exercise Special
Mar. 10 Digital elevation data Chap. 6 DEM exercise
Mar. 17 Spring Break
Mar. 24 Aerial photography Map projections
Mar. 31 Project proposals Project work
Apr. 7 Web-based GIS Chap. 8 Project work
Apr. 14 Cartographic design Chap. 7 Project work
Apr. 21 Process modeling Chap. 9 Project work
Apr. 28 Public access to GIS Chap. 10 Project work
May 5 Present projects Final exam
May 7-11

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ES 551 © J.S. Aber (2009).