FNRM 3131 - GIS For Natural Resource Management

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Materials, Organized Chronologically

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

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Week	Chapters	Class Notes, Videos, Questions	*Supplements*	Lab Assignments	Assignments Due, Date
1 - Sept. 6	Chap 1, 2	Videos: Course Mechanics Introduction, Basic Concepts, Raster Structure and Resampling, Data and File Structures, Coord. Questions PDF Notes for Videos: Course Mechanics Lecture Notes	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. 13	Chap 3	Videos: Intro, Horizontal Datums Vertical Datums Map projections General Notes: Part1 Part 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. 20	Chap 4	Videos: Data Entry Resampling Map Transformation Lecture PDF Notes: 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. 27	Chap 5 & 6 up to pg. 273	Videos: GPS, COGO Lecture slides 1 COGO Lecture slides 1 Lecture slides Images	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. 4	Chap 6 to end & 7,	Videos: Digital Data	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. 11	Chap 8 thru pg. 357	Lecture PDF Tables, Video: 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. 18	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) Homework 1
8 - Oct. 25	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, 2) Optional lab 5 3) On-Line Exam 3, chaps. 7-8 (Friday - Sunday)
9 - Nov. 1	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. 8	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. 15	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 Classes or Labs
13 - Nov. 29	Chap 13	Cartographic Models Video Lecture slides	Wind Site Example Video PDF Placer Co. Example Video PDF Parks, Stormwater Examples PDF	Cartographic Modeling Lab 13, Lab Page	Canvas Reading Quiz 13 1) Lab 12
14 - Dec. 6	Chap 14	Video: Modeling, Lectures: 1: Examples 2: Data Quality	Errors, GPS errors	Cartographic Modeling 2 Lab 14, Lab Page	Canvas Reading Quiz 14 1) Lab 13,
15 - Dec. 13	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. 20		Finals Week