FOR 326 Spring 2009 Daily Schedule (Subject to
change)
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
Readings/Lab Exercise/Tests |
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1
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Week of Jan 12
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Overview of class, labs,
Intro to geospatial technologies
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Wed |
continued geospatial technologies |
Aronoff,
ch.1 Aronoff, ch.12
pp351-359 Lilllesand
pp243-251 | |
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Fri |
Lab exercise
#1
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Intro to GIS and data
types | |
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2 |
Week of Jan 19
Mon
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NO CLASS
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Wed
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Geospatial applications
in Forestry
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Aronoff,
ch.2 Applications in Forestry |
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Fri |
Lab exercise
#2
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Image use with GIS,
characterizing features from georeferenced imagery | |
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3 |
Week of Jan
26
Mon |
Spatial data types used in geospatial technologies |
Aronoff,
ch.3 |
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Wed |
continued
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Aronoff,
ch.4 | |
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Fri |
Lab exercise
#3
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Digitizing and image
use, data for lab3 | |
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4 |
Week of Feb 2
Mon
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Principals of map scale and photos, georeferencing and projections |
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Wed |
continued |
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Fri |
Lab exercise
#4
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Review for Quiz, Working with
projections Data for lab4 | |
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5 |
Week of Feb
9
Mon |
QUIZ 1 |
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Wed |
Lab exercise #4b |
Rectifying and image | |
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Fri |
Lab exercise
#5
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Layouts with
imagery, data for lab5
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6 |
Week of Feb
16
Mon |
Electromagnetic energy, color theory, color infrared properties
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Phillipson, pp225-227 color infrared info pg 1, pg 2, Aronoff, ch3
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Wed |
continued |
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Fri |
Working with CIR imagery, CIR photo, True color photo propertybnd.zip |
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7 |
Week of Feb 23 Mon
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Photogrammetry principles |
Lillesand, ch 3, ch5 |
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Wed |
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Fri |
Lab exercise #6b - stereo pairs |
Viewing topopgraphy using stereo pairs Review for Midterm | |
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8 |
Week of Mar
2
Mon |
Land use and land cover mapping principles Lab Exercise #7 Land cover mapping |
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Wed |
Spatial factors for vegetation species identification
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Fri |
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9 |
Week of Mar 9
Mon
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Terrain Analysis (focus on viewshed analysis of a clear cut) |
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Wed |
continued |
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Fri |
no class |
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10 |
Week of Mar 16
Mon
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SPRING BREAK WEEK |
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Wed |
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Fri |
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11
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Week of Mar 23
Mon
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Hydrological analysis for forestry management |
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Wed |
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Fri |
Hydrological analysis, Lab exercise #9 Data for lab |
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12
13
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Week of Mar 30 Mon | LiDAR use for forest management | RSAC article , Andersen, Renslow, Watt, Dubayah , Wynn, Riley |
| Wed | LiDAR continued, Introduction to the USFS RSAC Fusion software | ||
Fri |
Lab Exercise #10 Part | Data for ex #10, Estimating tree heights with Fusion , Lab | |
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Week of Apr 6
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LiDAR review, Classification Techniques, Feature Extraction |
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Wed |
Continued |
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Fri |
NO class - Good Friday |
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14 |
Week of Apr 13
Mon
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Supervised and unsupervised, Feature extraction techniques for forestry, review for quiz |
Phillipson, p430 |
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Wed |
QUIZ 2 |
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Fri |
Lab exercise #11 classification using the features analyst
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15 |
Week of Apr 20
Mon
|
Accuracy assessment |
Data for accuracy assessment exercise (updated) |
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Wed |
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Fri |
GPS technology
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Lab #12 Garmin Etrex Legend Cx use at the WVU Research Forest FIELD TRIP meet outside Percival on Evansdale Drive side at 10am. | |
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16 |
Week of Apr 27
Mon
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GPS Lab review, 3D visualization for forestry applications |
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Wed |
Review for final
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3D Analyst and ArcScene lab #13 data for lab | |
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Fri |
Extended office hours and lab help for all uncompleted exercises. |
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Finals
week |
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FINAL CUMULATIVE EXAM Monday May 4th from 3 to 5pm in room 332 Percival
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