FNRM 3131 - GIS For Natural Resource Management

Resources

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, Questions Supplements Lab Assignment Assignments Due, Date
1 -
Sept. 3		 1, 2

Introduction to GIS
Course Mechanics Introduction, Basic Concepts, Raster Structure and Resampling, Data and File Structures,
Coord. Questions

Lecture PDF 

Geospatial Revolution,
422 visualizations, 
3 Trillion Trees

 Lab 1: Complete assignment in  ArcGIS, instructions and data are on the Lab Page.

Start only ONE of the Semester-long Projects, see Lab Page		 None - start Lab 1, and start ONLY 1 of the semester-long projects.
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 Tuesday lecture time.

2 -
Sept.10

 3

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 Tuesday lecture
2) Turn in Lab 1, Due by 11:55 p.m. Friday, as are all subsequent labs unless noted

3 -
Sept.17

 4 Data Entry,
PDF notes: 1 2
Image & Registration		 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

4 -
Sept. 24

 5 & 6 up to pg. 271

GPS, Lecture slides 1, 2
COGO Lecture slides 1 
Images

 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
3) Sem. Proj. 1
5 - Oct.1 6 to end & 7,

Digital Data ,Lecture slides 1 MnGeo - MN airphotos,
Borchert - Old MN airphotos,

 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.
6 -
Oct. 8		 Ch. 8 thru pg. 356 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
2) Sem. Proj. 2

7 -
Oct.15

  8 pg. 357 to end -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
8 -
Oct. 22		 9

-Basic Analysis,
-Reclass/Dissolve,
-Buffer,
-Overlay,
-Set Algebra    

and

Lecture Slides

 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
9 -
Oct. 29		 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 Canvas Quiz 9
1) Lab 9
2) Homework 2
10 -
Nov. 5		 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 Canvas Quiz 10
Lab 10
11 -
Nov. 12		 12 Interpolation GeoDA Lab 12, Interpolation, Lab Page Canvas Quiz 11
1) Lab 11,
2) On- Line Exam 4, chaps.9 - 11
12 -
Nov. 19		 None Thanksgiving Week (No Lecture or  Labs this week
13 -
Nov. 26		 13 Cartographic Models 
Video
Lecture slides

Wind Site Example
Video
PDF

Placer Co. Example
Video
PDF

Parks, Stormwater Examples
PDF

 Lab 13, Cartographic Modeling I, Lab Page Canvas Quiz 12
1) Sem. Proj. #3,
2) Lab 12
14 -
Dec. 3		 14 1) Modeling,
2) Data Quality		 Errors,  GPS errors Lab 14, Cartographic Modeling 2 Canvas Quiz 13
1) Lab 13,
15 -
Dec. 10		 15 Perspectives OpenGeo Architecture Extra Credit Lab 1) Lab 14,
2) Sem.Proj. #4,
3)On Line - Exam 5, chaps. 2-14
 16-
Dec. 17		   Finals Week