Week 1 - Jan 17, no class due to holiday
No classes or labs this week, due to MLK holiday. Buy the textbook, get a head start on installing/verifying Citrix and access to the ArcGIS software, and becoming familiar with our cloud storage setup and file management.
See Course Mechanics section above
Week 2 - Jan 24, Introduction to GIS, Data Models
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Topics: Introduction, Data Models
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Lecture Resources PDF Notes for Videos: |
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Supplementary Materials Geospatial Revolution,
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For Lab:
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Lab 1: Introduction to the software
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Assignment Summary Overheads for Lab exercise
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Lab Videos -Layout&NorthArrow |
Week 3 - Jan 31, Geodesy and Map Projections
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Topics: Geodesy and Map Projections
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Lecture Resources:
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Supplementary Materials: Understanding Map Projections, |
For Lab:
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Lab2: Coordinate Systems
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Assignment |
Lab Videos -On the Fly Projection |
Week 4 - Feb 7, Getting Data Into A GIS
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Topics: Digitizing, data entry, topology
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Lecture Resources: Videos:
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Supplementary Materials: Open Streetmap - crowdsourcing
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For Lab:
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Lab 3: Data entry
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Assignment Summary Overheads for Lab exercise
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Lab Videos -Autocomplete |
Week 5 - Feb 14, Data Topology, Global Positioning, and Data from Images
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Topics: GPS and Images
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Lecture Resources: Videos:
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Supplementary Materials: |
For Lab:
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Lab 4: digitizing, topology
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Assignment Lab 4 Instructions Summary Overheads for Lab exercise
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Lab Videos -AddAttribute |
Week 6 - Feb 21, Digital Data
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Topics: Images, Digital Data
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Lecture Resources: Videos: Lecture PDF:
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Supplementary Materials: MnGeo - MN airphotos, |
For Lab:
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Lab 6: Digital Data, and 5 (optional) GNSS
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Assignment Homework 1 |
Lab Videos -Lab 5 Waypoints, |
Week 7 - Feb 28, Tables, Relational Databases
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Topics: Attribute Tables, Introduction
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Resources: Video (this week and next):
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Supplementary Materials:
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For Lab:
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Lab 7: Tables
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Assignment Lab 7 Instructions, Homework 2 instructions,
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Lab Videos -Create New Table |
Week 8 - March 7, Spring Break, No Assignment
No Class or Assignments
Week 9 - March 14, More Tables
For Lecture:
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Topics: Attribute Tables, Introduction
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Resources
Video: Normal Forms: Worm Field Sampling Lecture PDF's:
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Supplementary Materials: |
For Lab:
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Lab 8: More Tables
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Assignment Summary Overhead for Lab exercise
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Lab Videos -Calc Nums&text |
Week 10 - March 21, Basic Spatial Analysis
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Topics: Intro. to Spatial Analysis
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Resources: Videos: and Lecture PDF on
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Supplementary Materials: |
For Lab:
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Lab 9: Basic Vector Analysis
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Assignment Summary Overheads for Lab exercise
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Lab Videos
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Week 11 - March 28, Raster Analysis
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Topics: Raster Analysis
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Resources:
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Supplementary Materials:
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For Lab:
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Lab 10: Raster Analysis
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Assignment Summary Overheads for Lab exercise
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Lab Videos -Resample |
Week 12 - April 4, Terrain Analysis
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Topics: Terrain Analysis
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Resources:
Lecture PDFs:
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Supplementary Materials:- -Whitebox,
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For Lab:
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Lab 11: Terrain Analysis
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Assignment |
Lab Videos |
Week 13 - April 11, Interpolation
For Lecture:
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Topics: Interpolation
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Resources: Lecture PDF:
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Supplementary Materials:-
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For Lab:
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Lab 12: Interpolation
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Assignment |
Lab Videos -AddGeomAttributes |
Week 14 - April 18, Cartographic Modeling
For Lecture:
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Topics: Interpolation
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Resources: Lecture PDFs:
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Supplementary Materials:-
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For Lab:
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Lab 13: Cartographic Modeling
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Assignment |
Lab Videos Refer to videos in previous labs as needed |
Week 15 - April 25, Spatio-temporal Modeling
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Topics: Spatiotemporal Models, Errors
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Resources:
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Supplementary Materials:
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For Lab:
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Lab 14: Cartographic Modeling
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Assignment |
Lab Videos Refer to videos in previous labs as needed |
Week 16 - May 2, The Future
Just Monday lecture, on future directions in GIS, and review/answer questions in preparation for the final
Lecture slides here
Remember to take final according to finals schedule
Extra credit
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Extra Credit #1: Optional Lab Lab Instructions Video on Adding directional arrows |
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Extra Credit #2: Optional Homework |