Week/Dates
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Classroom
|
Field/Lab
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| Week 1 - 1/17/18 |
Course introduction, syllabus-GPS basics
Access from home instructions
|
Compass, formats, & ArcGIS/GPS exercise; Homework 1 (due after Week 3), Geocaching (on-going), (Intro GIS-LAB “Independent Study” if needed);
Graduate Student Project
|
| Week 2 - 1/22/18, 1/24/18 |
GPS basics continued, coordinates, projection & datum (Garmin Lab) |
Rec/Grade lab practice and collect points, Start on-going Data collection project (duration 7 weeks)
|
| Week 3 - 1/29/18, 1/30/18 |
Map Reading, GPS & Maps (Garmin Lab) |
DNR Software ,NAV exercise, Tracks/Points collect and transfer exercise |
| Week 4 - 2/5/18, 2/7/18 |
Differential GPS Concepts (Garmin Lab) |
Recreation /GIS Grade Accuracy Control Exercise; |
| Week 5 - 2/12/18, 2/14/18 |
GIS Grade Equipment basics (Trimble Juno Lab ) |
GIS/Grade Lab Practice and collect points, lines and polygons. Homework 2, (Home control points; due Week 10) |
| Week 6 - 2/19/18, 2/21/18 |
GIS/Grade Software (Trimble Juno Lab) |
Transfer Data and Differential Correction |
| Week 7 - 2/26/18, 2/28/18 |
GIS/Grade Software -2
|
Transfer Data and Differential Correction;Bluetooth Receivers |
| Week 8 - 3/5/18, 3/7/18 |
Data Dictionaries
(Trimble) |
Create & use data dictionaries- Trimble |
| Week 9 - 3/12/18, 3/14/18 |
SPRING BREAK |
|
| Week 10 - 3/19/18, 3/21/18 |
Accuracy/NSSDA |
Field Accuracy Lab |
| Week 11 - 3/26/18, 3/28/18 |
Test – Classroom |
Field Test |
| Week 12 - 4/2/18, 4/4/18 |
High accuracy GPS (GCP) UAS Ground Control Points - Basics & Practice (Trimble) |
Design & implement GCPs; includes geotagging & UAS processing |
| Week 13 - 4/9/18, 4/11/18 |
Field Data Form Design &Collection
/ArcGIS Collect
|
AGO basics & geodatabase development in ArcMap creating & deploying forms for Collect |
| Week 14 - 4/16/18, 4/18/18 |
Field Data Form Design & Collection/ Open Data Kit (ODK) Lab
|
Create & deploy data collection form (ODK) |
| Week 15 - 4/23/18, 4/25/18 |
Field Data form design & collection; Trimble Terraflex
|
Design, create & deploy Terraflex forms for field data collection |
| Week 16 - 4/30/18, 5/2/18 |
Final Project due (by 5/4/18)
|
Use Terrasync, Terraflex, Collect or ODK for Final Project |
