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Schedule of Classes and Assignments

 

Important message. Read all of it!!

For this course you will be expected to:

Read the assigned topics BEFORE you do the exercises.  Allow about 1-2 hours to do it properly.

Important Note!!! Assignments are hyperlinked below. Assignments need to be posted to Catalyst DropBox by 7:00 pm for the date listed in the schedule below. Late assignments will not be accepted. Before you post, make sure you have read and understood the Assignment Guidelines, or you may lose points.

Text:  No text is required.  However, I do recommend that you get a copy of Maribeth Price.  “Mastering ArcGIS, 5th Ed, 2011”. McGraw Hill. It has a useful CD with Audio-visual explanations of where to find specific commands for each exercise.  The course exercises in combination with this text should help you quite a bit.

If you attempt the assignments before you read about or perform the lab exercise, you will have a difficult time. Follow this suggested routine and you should have an easier (and shorter) time finishing the assignments.

We will hand out a copy of the ArcGIS v.10.1 software so you can install it on your own computer.

 

Schedule of Classes and Assignments:
Meeting Dates
Assignment and Due Date

Lecture / Guest Speaker

Lectures
Readings ("WWW")
Lab Exercises

Mon
1. Apr.

DUE 8. Apr.
Assn1:
Getting Ready

Josh Lawler

Introduction to Course (PPT)

WWW: Introduction
WWW: Definitions
WWW: Using On-line Help

Virtural Desktop and Drive

Drive Substitution

Wed
3. Apr.

DUE 15. Apr.
Assn 2:
Introduction to GIS

No lecture

Introduction to ArcGIS (PPT)

Introduction to ArcGIS (recording)

WWW: ArcGIS Interface
WWW: ArcGIS GUI
WWW: ArcGIS Modules

Using ArcMap

Mon
8. Apr.


No Lecture

ArcMap Basics (PPT)

WWW: Getting Data Into ArcGIS
WWW: Displaying Layers
WWW: Layer Display Properties
WWW: Sample Data

Wed
10. Apr.

DUE 22. Apr.
Assn 3:
Projections &
Data Management

No lecture

Data Types (PPT)
Project Management (PPT)
Data Export (PPT)

DataTypes (recording)

WWW: Data Management
WWW: Data Export
WWW: Spatial Data Model
WWW: Relational Data Model

Data Management

Mon
15. Apr.

 

Josh Lawler

Projections & Coordinate Systems (PPT)
Projections & Coordiante Systems (recording)

WWW: Projections & Coordinate Systems

Projections & Coordinate Systems

Wed
17. Apr.

DUE 29. Apr.
Assn 4:
Data Models, Scale, and
Creating Feature Datasets

Answer Key (Student Example)

No lecture

Color and Scale(recording)

WWW: Creating Feature Datasets & Vector Editing
WWW: Scale Issues

Creating Feature Datasets

Mon
22. Apr.

 

Mu-Ning Wang

Demo: Join/ Calculate Geometry/ Field add and calculator

WWW: Creating and Modifying Tables

Creating and Modifying Tables

Wed
24. Apr.

DUE 6. May
Assn 5:
Tables and Vector Analysis

No lecture

Vector Analysis (PPT)
Vector Analysis (recording)

Vector Analysis I

Mon
29. Apr.

 

Mu-Ning Wang

Demo: Vector Analysis I & II, compare and contrast

Vector Analysis II

Wed
1. May

No Lecture

 

Catching up with
exercises and assignments

Mon
6. May

DUE 13. May
Assn 6:
Raster Analysis

DEM Files: (1) & (2)

Answer Key (Student Example)

Mu-Ning Wang

Raster Analysis (PPT)
Raster Analysis (recording)
Demo: Raster Analysis I & II, Raster Calculator, Mask, and Zonal Statistics

WWW: Raster Analysis 1

Raster Analysis I

Wed
8. May

No lecture

 

WWW: Raster Analysis 2

Raster Analysis II

Mon
13. May

 

TBA

 

 

Wed
15. May

 

No lecture

 

 

Midterm

LordHillPark.zip

Mon
20. May

DUE 27. May
Assn 7:
Importing Data,
Surface Modeling

Matthew Parsons

WWW: Data Sources
WWW: Data Import
PPT: Finding & Importing Data

Wed
22. May

 

No lecture

Hydrologic Modeling (Watershed Delineation) (PPT)
Watershed Modelling (recording)

3-D & Surface Modeling

Mon
27. May

 
Memorial Day

Wed
29. May

No lecture

 

WWW: Hydrologic Modeling & Watershed Delination

Watershed Delineation

Mon
3. June

Lab Evaluation
( Online Informal)

 

 

 

Catching up with
exercises and assignments

Wed
5. June

 

SEFS 520 Student Presentation (11:30 - 14:20)
     

 

 

 

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