FNRM5131
Resources for FNRM 5131, GIS For Natural Resource Management
Syllabus, Moodle, Lab Page, Office hours: Paul Bostad, by appointment; Andy Jenks, T & Th 12:45-1:44 pm and 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 - Sept. 5 | 1, 2 |
Introduction to GIS |
Geospatial Revolution, |
Lab 1: Complete assignment in either ArcGIS or QGIS, not both, 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 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 Tuesday lecture time. |
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2 - Sept. |
3 |
Geodesy, map projections |
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 Moodle 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 |
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3 - Sept. |
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) On-Line Exam 1, on chaps. 1 - 3, Friday-Sunday |
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4 - Sept. |
5, 6 | GPS, Lecture slides 1, 2 COGO Lecture slides 1 Guest Lecture: Dr. Joe Knight, Lecture slides 1, Satellite Systems Info |
GPS by Trimble Datum Evolution |
Lab 4, Georeferencing, Lab Page, Homework 1, MN GeoSpatial Commons, Northstar Mapper | 1) Moodle Quiz week 4 2) Lab 3 3) Sem. Proj. 1 |
| 5 - Oct. 3 | 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 |
Moodle Quiz 5 1) Lab 4 2) On-LIne Exam 2, chaps. 4 - 6. |
| 6 - Oct. 10 | 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 |
Moodle Quiz 6 1) Lab 6 2) Sem. Proj. 2 |
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7 - Oct. |
8 pg. 357 to end | -Norm Forms Example -More Norm. Forms, -Foreign keys, ER diag. |
Normal Forms tutorial | Lab 8, More Tables, Lab Page | Moodle Quiz 7 1) Lab 7, 2) Optional lab 5 3) Homework 1 |
| 8 - Oct. 24 |
9 |
-Basic Analysis, |
ESRI Examples, Blob selection examples as PDF Windsite example |
Lab 9, Vector Analysis, Lab Page | Moodle Quiz 8 1) Lab 8, 2) On-Line Exam 3, chaps. 7-8 |
| 9 - Oct. 31 | 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 |
| 10 -Nov. 7 |
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 |
| 11 -Nov. 14 |
12 | Interpolation | GeoDA | Lab 12, Interpolation, Lab Page | Moodle Quiz 11 1) Lab 11, 2) On- Line Exam 4, chaps.9 - 11 |
| 12 -Nov. 21 |
None | Thanksgiving Week (No Lecture or Labs this week | |||
| 13 -Nov. 28 |
13 | Cartographic Models Video Lecture slides |
Parks, Stormwater Examples |
Lab 13, Cartographic Modeling I, Lab Page | Moodle Quiz 12 1) Sem. Proj. #3, 2) Lab 12 |
| 14 -Dec. 5 |
14 | 1) Modeling, 2) Data Quality |
Errors, GPS errors | Lab 14, Cartographic Modeling 2 | Moodle Quiz 13 1) Lab 13, |
| 15 -Dec. 12 |
15 | Perspectives | OpenGeo Architecture | Extra Credit Lab | 1) Lab 14, 2) Sem.Proj. #4, 3)On Line - Exam 5, chaps. 2-14 |
| 16-Dec. 19 |
Finals Week |
