ESPM 5031

Resources

Materials, Organized Chronologically

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Week/Dates 

Classroom

Field/Lab
Week 1 -  1/21/19

No Class is week due to UMN holiday on Monday
Week 2 -  1/28/19      

Course introduction, syllabus - GPS/GNSS 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 3  - 2/4/19 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 4 -  2/11/19  Map Reading, GPS & Maps (Garmin Lab) DNR Software ,NAV exercise,  Tracks/Points collect and transfer exercise   
Week 5 -  2/18/19  Differential GPS Concepts (Garmin Lab) Recreation /GIS Grade Accuracy Control Exercise; 
Week 6-  2/25/19 GIS Grade Equipment basics (Trimble Juno Lab) GIS/Grade Lab Practice and collect points, lines and polygons.  2nd Homework   (Home control points; due Week 10)
Week 7 -  3/4/19

GIS/Grade Software (Trimble Juno Lab)

  Transfer data and differential correction
Week 8 -  3/11/19

GIS/Grade Software -2

 Transfer data and differential correction; Bluetooth receivers
Week 9 - 3/18/19

SPRING BREAK
Week 10 -  3/25/19

Data Dictionaries

(Trimble) 

 Create & use data dictionaries- Trimble
Week 11 - 4/1/19 Accuracy/NSSDA Field Accuracy Lab
Week 12 - 4/819 Test - Classroom Field Test
Week 13 - 4/15/19 High accuracy GPS (GCP) UAS Ground Control Points - Basics & Practice (Trimble) Design & implement GCPs; includes geotagging & UAS processing
Week 14 -  4/22/19  

Field Data Form Design &Collection
/ArcGIS Collect

 ArcGIS On-Line (AGO) basics & geodatabase development in ArcMap creating & deploying forms for Collect
Week 15 -  4/29/19

Field Data Form Design & Collection/ Open Data Kit (ODK) Lab

 Create & deploy data collection form (ODK)
Week 16 -  5/6/19

Field Data Form Design &Collection/Trimble Terraflex

 Design, create & deploy Collector & Survey 123 forms for field data collection.
Week 17 - 5/13/19 Final Project due (by 5/154/19) Use Terrasync, Survery 123, Collector or ODK for Final Project