FNRM 3131 - GIS For Natural Resource Management

Resources

Syllabus (.pdf)
Canvas
Lab Page
Apps To Go (link to start UMN Citrix based virtual Desktop )

Materials, Organized Chronologically

Readings are from the book "GIS Fundamentals, Sixth Edition," by Paul Bolstad

Need Help?

In-person help: No In-Person Office Hours (see on-line help)

Online help: flexible hours, call or email (see Syllabus for Andy's number);
Andy Jenks Zoom Link for questions- Click this link

Email: ajenks@umn.edu

General technology help: UofM Technology Help Desk

Week	Chapters	Class Notes, Videos, Questions	*Supplements*	Lab Assignments	Assignments Due, Date
1 - Sept. 7	Chap 1, 2	Introduction to GIS Videos: Course Mechanics Introduction, Basic Concepts, Raster Structure and Resampling, Data and File Structures, Coord. Questions Lecture PDFS 1 2	Geospatial Revolution, Notes-GIS Links, Notes- Links, 3 trillion trees, What 3 Words	Lab 1: Complete assignment in ArcGIS Pro, instructions and data are on the Lab Page.	None - start Lab 1 Take Canvas Reading Quiz 1 this week. There is a quiz every week that covers the readings for that week, and it closes Tuesday night.
2 - Sept. 15	Chap 3	Videos: Geodesy, map projections Lecture PDFs (following videos): 1) Geodesy, 2) Projections, 3) PLSS In Class lecture slides: 1, 2	Understanding Map Projections, Minn. Projections, NADCON, HTDP, MNCON, Spheriod Video, Interesting 3D Projections - Jason Davies	Lab 2, Geodesy, Coordinate Systems, Map Projections, Lab Page	1) Complete Canvas Reading Quiz 2, it closes Tuesday night. 2) Turn in Lab 1, Due by 11:55 p.m. Friday, as are all subsequent labs unless noted
3 - Sept. 21	Chap 4	Videos: Data Entry, Image & Registration Lecture PDF's: 1, 2	Open Streetmap - crowdsourcing	Lab 3, Data Entry, Lab Page	1) Canvas Reading Quiz week 3 2) Lab 2 3) On-Line Exam 1, on chaps. 1 - 3, Friday-Sunday
4 - Sept. 28	Chap 5 & 6 up to pg. 273	Videos:GPS, COGO Lecture PDF's GPS 1, 2 COGO 1 Images 1	GPS by Trimble Datum Evolution	Lab 4, Digitizing, Topology Lab Page, Homework 1, MN GeoSpatial Commons, Northstar Mapper	1) Canvas Reading Quiz week 4 2) Lab 3
5 - Oct. 5	Chap 6 to end & 7,	Videos: Digital Data Lecture PDF's 1	MnGeo - MN airphotos, Borchert - Old MN airphotos, Example Campus GeoPDF Example of St Paul GeoPDF Geospatial PDF's GeoPDF Videos 1 , 2 , 3	Lab 5, GPS (optional): Lab 6, Digital data and Tables, Lab Page	Canvas Reading Quiz 5 1) Lab 4 2) On-LIne Exam 2, chaps. 4 - 6. (Friday - Sunday)
6 - Oct. 12	Chap 8 thru pg. 357	Lecture PDF's: Tables, basic normal forms	One view on relational tables, Simple guide to Normal Forms	Lab 7, Tables, Homework 2 DataTable for Homework 2 Lab Page	Canvas Reading Quiz 6 1) Lab 6
7 - Oct. 19	Chap 8 pg. 358 to end	Lecture PDF's: -Norm Forms Example -More Norm. Forms, -Foreign keys, ER diag.	Normal Forms tutorial	Lab 8, More Tables, Lab Page	Canvas Reading Quiz 7 1) Lab 7, 2) Optional lab 5 3) Homework 1 4) On-Line Exam 3, chaps. 7-8 (Friday - Sunday)
8 - Oct. 26	Chap 9	Videos: -Basic Analysis, -Reclass/Dissolve, -Buffer, -Overlay, -Set Algebra and Lecture PDF	ESRI Examples, Blob selection examples as PDF Windsite example	Lab 9, Vector Analysis, Lab Page	Canvas Reading Quiz 8 1) Lab 8,
9 - Nov. 2	Chap 10	Videos: -Basic Raster Analysis, -Moving Windows, -Tables, Cost Surfaces Lecture PDF's 1, 2		Lab 10, Raster Analysis, Lab Page	Canvas Reading Quiz 9 1) Lab 9 2) Homework 2
10 - Nov. 9	Chap 11	Videos: -Slope/Aspect, -Watersheds Lecture PDF:1	-Whitebox, -Manual Watershed -NRCS topos/sheds -Slope/AspectCalcs	Lab 11, Terrain Analysis, Lab Page	Canvas Reading Quiz 10 Lab 10
11 - Nov. 16	Chap 12	Video:Interpolation Lecture PDF: 1	GeoDA	Lab 12, Interpolation, Lab Page	Canvas Reading Quiz 11 1) Lab 11, 2) On- Line Exam 4, chaps.9 - 11 (Friday - Sunday)
12 - Nov 22		Thanksgiving Week (no class)
13 - Nov. 30	Chap 13	Cartographic Models Videos: Main Lecture, Wind Site Example, Placer County, Parks, Stormwater Lecture PDF's Main, Windsite Example, Placer County, Parks, Stormwater		Cartographic Modeling Lab 13, Lab Page	Canvas Reading Quiz 13 1) Lab 12
14 - Dec. 7	Chap 14	Video: Modeling, Lecture PDF's: 1: Examples 2: Data Quality	Errors, GPS errors	Cartographic Modeling 2 Lab 14, Lab Page	Canvas Reading Quiz 14 1) Lab 13,
15 - Dec. 14	Chap 15	Lecture PDF: Perspectives	GeoNode, OSGeo	Extra Credit Lab	1) Lab 14, 2)Final Exam, On Line - Exam 5, chaps. 2-14 (Friday - Monday)
16 - Dec. 21		Finals Week