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This course schedule will be updated regularly throughout the semester to provide links to lecture powerpoints, required readings, and some supplemental or extra readings.
- Required readings are listed by day in regular text below.
- Supplemental (non-required) readings are listed in italics. These are extra topics that you can use for more information if needed, but they are not required and you will not be tested on them.
Week |
Date |
Topic |
Readings / Downloads |
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Mon Aug 24 |
Intro to class, syllabus, requirements
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Class syllabus
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Wed Aug 26 |
Intro to GIS: Location matters
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Bolstad, Chapter 1 (PDF, or on reserve)
ESRI: Geography Matters (PDF)
Goodchild (2000) Current status… (PDF)
Mitchell, Chapter 1 (on reserve) |
Thur/Fri Aug 27-28 |
Exercise 1. Introduction to ArcGIS 9
(Click for lab slides) |
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2 |
Mon Aug 31 |
Spatial data formats, storing data
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Bolstad, Chapter 2 (on reserve) |
Wed Sept 2 |
Map scale, map projections
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USGS (2002) Map Scales fact sheet (PDF)
USGS (2000) Projections poster - skim this (PDF)
Bolstad, Chapter 3 (PDF, on reserve)
USGS UTM fact sheet (PDF) |
Thur/Fri Sept 3-4 |
Exercise 2. Using spatial datasets, projections
(Click for lab slides) |
Exercise 1 (part B) due at start of lab |
3 |
Mon Sept 7 |
NO CLASS |
LABOR DAY
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Wed Sept 9 |
Mapping accuracy, errors, documentation
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Goodchild (1998) Uncertainty… (PDF)
FGDC (2005) Geospatial Metadata fact sheet (PDF)
FGDC (2006) Geospatial metadata (online)
USGS (2007) Metadata in plain language (online) |
Thur/Fri Sept 10-11 |
Exercise 3. Map queries, attribute tables
(Click for lab slides) |
Exercise 2 (part B) due at start of lab
Required data (exe file) for exercise 3. Run this file to update your /gisdata/ folder.
NOTE: If exe will not work, download zip file instead, save in /gisdata/ folder and unzip. |
4 |
Mon Sept 14 |
Spatial data resources, Internet data sources
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Homer et al. (2007) Completion of the NLCD (PDF)
USGS (2002) National Map – Hydrography (PDF)
USGS (2002) National Map – Elevation (PDF)
Bolstad, Chapter 7 (on reserve) |
Wed Sept 16 |
Cartographic design
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Brewer (2006) Basic mapping principles… (PDF)
Kraak (2002) Current trends… (PDF)
MacEachren (1995) How Maps Work (book)
MacEachren (1994) Some Truth with Maps (book)
Monmonier (1996) How to Lie with Maps (book)
Harvard GSD (n.d.) Elements of Cartographic Style (online) |
Thur/Fri Sept 17-18 |
Exercise 4. Cartography, presenting data
(Click for lab slides)
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Exercise 3 (part B) due at start of lab
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5 |
Mon Sept 21 |
Vector spatial analysis (1)
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Bolstad, Chapter 9 (on reserve)
Mitchell, Chapter 5 (on reserve)
Mitchell, Chapter 6 (on reserve)
Geospatial Analysis: Comprehensive guide (online) |
Wed Sept 23 |
Vector spatial analysis (2)
(See slides from Monday) |
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Thur/Fri Sept 24-25 |
Exercise 5. Spatial analysis, geoprocessing
(Click for lab slides) |
Exercise 4 (part B) due at start of lab
Download required data here:
(File - NationalAtlasLandslides.zip)
File needed for Part B: Trails.zip (All other instructions are the same - see Tech Center website for a description of this shapefile. The shapefile that you will download here is trails_wv_manysources_200210_utm83.shp).
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6 |
Mon Sept 28 |
TEST REVIEW
sample questions |
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Wed Sept 30 |
Imagery and its use in GIS
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USGS (2007) National Map – Orthoimagery (PDF)
Green (1992) Spatial imagery and GIS (PDF)
Bolstad, Chapter 6 (on reserve) |
Thur/Fri Oct 1-2 |
TEST 1
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Exercise 5 (part B) due at start of lab |
7 |
Mon Oct 5 |
Creating and editing spatial data
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Bolstad, Chapter 4 (on reserve) |
Wed Oct 7 |
Introduction to raster data
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Thur/Fri Oct 8-9 |
Exercise 6. Using imagery, digitizing, Internet data resources
(Click for lab slides) |
Required file for lab: MorgantownPointLocations.zip
Extra credit files: ExtraCredit.zip |
8 |
Mon Oct 12 |
Raster spatial analysis
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Bolstad, Chapter 10 (on reserve) |
Wed Oct 14 |
Terrain analysis
(Continued from Monday) |
Bolstad, Chapter 11 (on reserve)
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Thur/Fri Oct 15-16 |
Exercise 7. Raster analysis
(Click for lab slides) |
Exercise 6 (part B) due at start of lab
Final projects handed out
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9 |
Mon Oct 19 |
Models in GIS
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Goodchild (2005) GIS and modeling overview (PDF)
Bolstad, Chapter 12 (on reserve)
Bolstad, Chapter 13 (on reserve) |
Wed Oct 21 |
Suitability modeling
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Collins et al (2001) Land use suitability … (PDF)
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Thur/Fri Oct 22-23 |
Review: Work on your final project
(Click for lab slides) |
Final Project Files:
Final project description (download Word doc)
Final project watershed shapefile (download zip file)
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10 |
Mon Oct 26 |
Visualization, 3D analysis, review for test
Test review slides
Sample GIS questions for Final
(Movies) |
Bolstad, Chapter 15 (on reserve) |
Wed Oct 28 |
Internet mapping, GIS frontiers, class summary and evaluations |
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Thur/Fri Oct 29-30 |
FINAL EXAM |
Final project report due Monday Nov 2nd in Room 2014 Ag Science (M Strager's office)
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NOTE: If needed, you can download the class data directory (GISData) for use on your own personal computer. The GISData folder is already on the computers in 317 Percival, and is found under c:/temp.
Class Data Downloads :
Full class data self-extracting file here (all files in GISData, exercise data, etc) GISData.exe file. NOTE: right click to download file first before extracting the exe.
Class data for WMAN 300 (Coopers Rock Data): Data_CoopersRock.exe (Save file to local hard drive, then extract)
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