FNRM 5131 - 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, Sixth Edition," by Paul Bolstad

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Week of	Chapters	Class Notes, Videos, Questions	Supplements	Lab Assignment	Assignments Due, Date
1 - Sept. 2	1, 2	Introduction to GIS Course Mechanics Introduction, Basic Concepts, Raster Structure and Resampling, Data and File Structures, Coord. Questions Lecture PDF 1 2	Geospatial Revolution, 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.9	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.16	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. 23	5 & 6 up to pg. 273	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 - Sept. 30	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. 7	Ch. 8 thru pg. 357	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.14	8 pg. 358 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. 21	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. 28	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. 4	11	-Slope/Aspect, -Watersheds Lecture:1 Slope/Aspect GoogleSheet	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. 11	12	Interpolation Lecture: 1	GeoDA	Lab 12, Interpolation, Lab Page	Canvas Quiz 11 1) Lab 11, 2) On- Line Exam 4, chaps.9 - 11
12 - Nov. 18	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
13 - Nov. 25		Thanksgiving Week (No Lecture or Labs this week
14 - Dec. 2	14	1) Modeling, 2) Data Quality	Errors, GPS errors	Lab 14, Cartographic Modeling 2	Canvas Quiz 13 1) Lab 13,
15 - Dec. 9	15	Perspectives	GeoNode, OSGeo	Extra Credit Lab	1) Lab 14, 2) Sem.Proj. #4, 3)On Line - Exam 5, chaps. 2-14
16- Dec. 16		Finals Week