Geog 250

GIS SURVEY

2 Credits

Syllabus

Schedule

Grade Estimate

Attendance

OVERFLOW COMPUTERS WITH ARC-VIEW in ES 318

 

MY OFFICE HOURS

TA OFFICE HOURS (no TA this quarter)

Proclibs for GIS Work

Textbook On the Web

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STUDY AIDES

Some Definitions

Legend Classifications

PowerPoint Lectures
(NOTE THESE ARE ONLY ACCESSIBLE ON CAMPUS)

 

Assignments & Notes

Week 1

Instructions for Accessing Electronic Atlas Materials

1. Assignment -- Two Maps -- Electronic Atlas

 

Week 2

Thematic Mapper Sites

National Atlas Thematic Mapper Instructions

2. Thematic Mapper Assignment

 

Week 3

Minimum Requirements for a Map

Minimum Requirements for a ProcLib

3. GIS Map Making Assignment (Part 1)

 

Week 4

4. GIS Map Making Assignment (Part 2)

 

Week 5

On-Screen Digitizing Instructions

Adding Attribute Data

5. GIS Map Building from Ortho Sheets

 

Week 6

In Class Analysis Demonstration

NO Assignment this week just prepare for QUIZ

Week 7

Three Dimensional Modeling

3D Analyst Notes/Instructions

Steve Walker's Shaded Relief Proclib

6. Assignment 3D and Shaded Relief

Work On FINAL PROJECT

 

Week 8

7.  Projections and Saving Work

START ON FINAL PROJECT

 

Week 9

ArcVoyager -- FREE GIS

Scanning and Joining Attribute data

Computer Cartography Sites

Evaluation

Week 10

GPS Introduction

GPS Downloading

Basic Operations For the Garmin GPSmap60-C GPS Receiver

Downloading ProcLib

 

COMPLETE FINAL PROJECT

 

Alternate Topics

Remote Sensing Assignment

Computer Cartography Assignment

9. GPS Part 1 Assignment

0. Computer Sites

 

Free On-line Materials

THE GIS PRIMER: An Introduction to GIS by David J. Buckley, Corporate GIS Solutions Manager, Pacific Meridian Resources, Inc.

 

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