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, Fifth Edition," by Paul Bolstad

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Week of	Chapters	Class Notes, Videos	Supplements	Lab Assignment	Assignments Due, Date
1- Jan 21		*No Lecture or Lab - due to University holiday*
2 - Jan 28	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 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- Feb 4	Chap 3	Videos: Geodesy, map projections Lecture PDFs: 1) Geodesy, 2) Projections, 3) PLSS	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 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
4 - Feb 11	Chap 4	Videos: Data Entry, Image & Registration Lecture PDF's: 1 2	Open Streetmap - crowdsourcing	Lab 3, Data Entry, Lab Page	1) Canvas Quiz week 3 2) Lab 2 3) On-Line Exam 1, on chaps. 1 - 3, Friday-Sunday
5- Feb 18	Chap 5 & 6 up to pg. 271	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 Quiz week 4 2) Lab 3
6 - Feb 25	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 Quiz 5 1) Lab 4 2) On-LIne Exam 2, chaps. 4 - 6.
7 - Mar 4	Chap 8 thru pg. 356	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 Quiz 6 1) Lab 6
8 - Mar 11	Chap 8 pg. 357 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 Quiz 7 1) Lab 7, 2) Optional lab 5 3) Homework 1
9 - Mar 18		Spring Break (no class or assignments)
10 - Mar 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 Quiz 8 1) Lab 8, 2) On-Line Exam 3, chaps. 7-8
11 - April 1	Chap 10	Videos: -Basic Raster Analysis, -Moving Windows, -Tables, Cost Surfaces Lecture PDF's 1, 2		Lab 10, Raster Analysis, Lab Page	Canvas Quiz 9 1) Lab 9 2) Homework 2
12 - April 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 Quiz 10 Lab 10
13 - April 15	Chap 12	Video:Interpolation Lecture PDF: 1	GeoDA	Lab 12, Interpolation, Lab Page	Canvas Quiz 11 1) Lab 11, 2) On- Line Exam 4, chaps.9 - 11
14 - April 22	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 Quiz 12 1) Lab 12
15 - April 29	Chap 14	Video: Modeling, Lecture PDF's: 1: Examples 2: Data Quality	Errors, GPS errors	Cartographic Modeling 2 Lab 14, Lab Page	Canvas Quiz 13 1) Lab 13,
16 - May 6	Chap 15	Lecture PDF: Perspectives	OpenGeo Architecture	Extra Credit Lab	1) Lab 14, 2)Final Exam, On Line - Exam 5, chaps. 2-14
17- May 13		Finals Week