Geo-spatial Information and Technologies
Autumn 200
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Course Calendar

Syllabus

Sherman Lab and Technical Resources

GIS certificate Program

Department of Geography website

Resources

 

 

 

 

Course Calendar  (to be updated weekly)

Timeline Starting Date Workshop Lecture/Discussion Reading Deliverables Due
Week 1  9/30
10/1

Dot Density Map

wkshp1.zip

Map Requirements

 

1. Course Overview

2. Intro. to Maps

Dent ch. 1-4, 8  
Week 2 10/7
10/8
 

1. Making and Reading Maps

2. Map Gallery and Introductions

McGrew and Monroe ch. 1-2  
Week 3 10/14
10/15

Choropleth map

data zip

UN HD Report

Time, Space, and Attribute

Dent ch. 5, 7 Dot Density Map
Week 4 10/21
10/22

 

Zip of Data for Discussion Assignment Introduce Discussion Assignment: Discerning Measurement Frameworks

Dent ch. 9, 13

Chrisman ch. 2

 
Week 5 10/28
10/29

Graduated Symbol Map

Zip of Data for Workshop 3

HUD.gov

Discussion: Choropleth Dent ch. 10

Choropleth Map

Answered Questions

Week 6 11/4
11/5
Thornton Site Suitability GIS

wkshp4data.zip

1. Discussion: Discerning Measurement Frameworks

2. Introduce Thornton site suitability analysis

   
Week 7 11/11 No Class
11/12
Thornton Site Suitability GIS .Continue to work on workshop 4

Catch up on readings

Explore OceanColor

 
Week 8 11/18
11/19
Thornton Site Suitability GIS Guest Lecture on Remote Sensing:
Miles Logsdon, Ph.D.
  Graduated Symbol Map due
Week 9

11/25

11/26

NO CLASS Thanks Giving    
Week 10 12/2
12/3
T.B.D Economic uses of GIS

T.B.D

Thornton Site Suitability due

Week 11

12/9

12/10

T.B.D

Economic uses of GIS cont.

T.B.D

 

Week 12

12/16

12/17

 

1. Course wrap-up

2. Revisit learning objectives

3. Discuss workshops

4. Formal course evaluations

Economic uses of GIS due.