FNRM3131
Resources for FNRM 3131, GIS For Natural Resource Management
Syllabus, Moodle, Lab Page, Office Hours: Mondays, 2-4 p.m. in 215 Green and also on Google Hangout for Wednesdays 8-9 pm
Materials, Organized Chronologically, Readings are from the book "GIS Fundamentals, Fifth Edition," by Paul Bolstad
| Week of | Chapters | Class Notes, Videos, Questions | Supplements | Lab Assignment | Assignments Due, Date |
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1 - Jan. 16 |
No Class |
No Lecture or Lab due to University Holiday |
No Lab | No Assignment | |
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2 - Jan. 23 |
1, 2 |
Class Mechanics Introduction, Basic Concepts, Raster Structure and Resampling ,Data and File Structures, |
Geospatial Revolution, 422 global visualizations, Notes-GIS Links Notes- Links Nova/PBS video:The Search for Longitude, 3 trillion trees |
Lab 1: Complete assignment in either ArcGIS or QGIS, not both, instructions and data are on the Lab Page. |
None - start Lab 1 Take Moodle Quiz 1 this week. There is a quiz every week that covers the readings for that week, and it closes at the start of the Monday lecture time. |
| 3 - Jan.30 | 3 | Understanding Map Projections, Minn. Projections, NADCON, HTDP, MNCON Spheriod Video (note: ellipsoid and spheroid are synonyms), Interesting 3D Projections - Jason Davies |
Lab 2, Geodesy, Coordinate Systems, Map Projections Lab Page | 1) Complete Moodle Quiz 2, it closes at the start of Monday lecture. 2) Turn in Lab 1, Due by 11:55 p.m. Friday, as are all subsequent labs unless noted |
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| 4 - Feb. 6 | 4 | Data Entry., PDF notes:: 1 2 Image & Old Map Registration |
Open Streetmap - crowdsourcing | Lab 3, Data Entry Lab Page | 1) Moodle Quiz week 3 2) Lab 2 3) Online Exam 1, on chaps. 1 - 3, Friday-Sunday |
| 5 - Feb. 13 | 5, 6 | GPS, Lecture slides 1, 2, 3 COGO Lecture slides 1 Guest Lecture: Dr. Joe Knight, Lecture slides 1, Satellite Systems Info |
GPS by Trimble GPS and Quantum Mechanics Datum Evolution, How Does your Smartphone know your Location? VSauce: What is the resolution of the human eye |
Lab 4, Georeferencing Lab Page, Homework 1, MN GeoSpatial Commons, Northstar Mapper | 1) Moodle Quiz week 4 2) Lab 3 |
| 6- Feb. 20 | 7, |
Digital Data ,Lecture slides 1 | MnGeo - MN airphotos, Borchert - Old MN airphotos, Volunteer opportunities to geotag imagery- UMN ArcGIS On-Line |
Lab 5, GPS (optional):Lab Page Lab 6, Digital data and Tables Lab Page |
Moodle Quiz week 5 1) Lab 4 2) Online Exam 2, chaps. 4 - 6, Friday - Sunday |
| 7- Feb. 27 | Ch. 8 thru pg. 356 | Tables, Lecture slides: 1 Normal Forms |
One view on relational tables, Simple guide to Normal Forms | Lab 7, Tables Lab Page, Homework 2, DataTable for Homework 2 | Moodle Quiz 6
1) Lab 6 |
| 8 Mar. 6 | 8 pg. 357 to end | -Norm Forms Example -More Norm. Forms, |
Normal Forms tutorial, | Lab 8, More Tables Lab Page |
Moodle Quiz 7 |
| 9 Mar. 13 | Spring Break - No Lecture or Lab | Spring Break | Spring Break |
Spring Break |
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| 10 - Mar. 20 | 9 | -Basic Analysis, -Reclass/Dissolve, -Buffer, -Overlay, -Set Algebra -Intersect/aggregate census example, Lecture Slides:1 |
ESRI Examples, Blob selection examples as PDF Windsite example |
Lab 9, Vector AnalysisLab Page | Moodle Quiz 8 1) Lab 8, 2) Online Exam 3, chaps. 7-9, Friday - Sunday |
| 11- Mar. 27 | 10 | -Basic Raster Analysis, -Moving Windows, -Tables, Cost Surfaces Lecture 1, 2 |
Example Campus GeoPDF Example of St Paul GeoPDF Geospatial PDF's GeoPDF Videos 1, 2, 3 |
Lab 10, Raster Analysis Lab Page | Moodle Quiz 9 1) Lab 9 2) Homework 2 |
| 12-Apr. 3 | 11 | -Slope/Aspect, -Watersheds Lecture:1 |
Whitebox, Delineation of Watershed by hand exercise, NRCS How to read Topograhpic map and delineate watershed | Lab 11, Terrain Analysis Lab Page | Moodle Quiz 10 Lab 10 |
| 13-Apr. 10 | 12 | Interpolation Lecture: 1 | GeoDA | Lab 12, Interpolation Lab Page | Moodle Quiz 11 1) Lab 11, 2) Online Exam 4, chaps.10-12, Friday - Sunday |
| 14- Apr. 17 | 13 | Cartographic Models Video Lecture Slides |
Parks, Stormwater Examples |
Lab 13, Cartographic Modeling I Lab Page | Moodle Quiz 12 1) Lab 12 |
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15Apr. 24 |
14 | 1) Modeling, 2) Data Quality |
Errors, GPS errors | Lab 14, Cartographic Modeling 2 Lab Page | Moodle Quiz 13 1) Lab 13, |
| 16-May 1 | 15 | Perspectives, Last Notes,Perspectives_From_in_class_lecture | OpenGeo Architecture | Extra Credit Lab Lab Page, Extra Credit Homework Lab Page | 1) Lab 14, 2)Online Exam 5, chaps. 2-14, Friday - Monday |
| 17-May 8 |
Finals Week |
