FW 5550 Geographic Information Systems for Resource Management - 2007

Instructor:
Dr. Ann L. Maclean
189 Horner Hall,
SFRES
Phone: 487-2030
amaclean@mtu.edu

Office Hours:
by appointment


Information:  

Syllabus

GIS Jobs

Resources

Earth as Art from USGS




FW5550:Lecture Schedule Fall 2007
Lecture 1: Tuesday, Sept 4 Introduction to GIS
Lecture 2: Thursday, Sept 6 Georeferenced Data & Geographic Coordinate Systems
Lecture 3: Tuesday, Sept 11 Data Model
Lecture 4: Thursday, Sept 13 Georelational Vector Model
Lecture 5: Tuesday, Sept 18 Raster Data Models/DEMs
Thursday, Sept 20-21st Ann is out of town
Lecture 6: Tuesday, Sept 25 Attributes- Generation and Management
Lecture 7: Thursday, Sept 27 Editing and Creating Spatial Information & its Attributes
Lecture 8: Tuesday, Oct 2 The Cartographically Correct Map
Exam1: Thursday, Oct 4 Exam 1: Thursday, Oct 4
Lecture 9: Tuesday, Oct 9 Map Composition and Color
Lecture 10: Thursday, Oct 11 ArcMap Geodatabases
Lecture 11: Tuesday, Oct 16 ArcMap Geodatabases Continued
Lecture 12: Thursday, Oct 18 GIS Analysis Functions
Lecture 13: Tuesday, Oct 23 More GIS Analysis Functions
Lecture 14: Thursday, Oct 25 GIS Modeling Riparian Zones
Tuesday, Oct 30 reviewexam2
Thursday, Nov 1 Ann is out of town
Lecture 15: Tuesday, Nov 6 Mapping variable-width streamside management zones for water quality protection: Williams et.al. 2003
Exam 2: Thursday, Nov 8 Exam 2: Thursday, Nov 8
Lecture 16: Tuesday, Nov 13 Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA)
Lecture 17: Thursday, Nov 15 Creation of Continuous Surfaces
Nov 19 - Nov 23 Thanksgiving Break Week
Lecture 18: Tuesday, Nov 27 Creation of Continuous Surfaces
Lecture 19: Thursday, Nov 29 Geostatistics
Lecture 20: Tuesday, Dec 4 Work on your Project
Lecture 21: Thursday, Dec 6 GIS: Feature on the Landscape
Exam 3: Tuesday, Dec 11 Exam 3
Thursday, Dec 13

FW5550:Lab Schedule Fall 2007
Week 1: Sept 4, 5, 6 Working with ArcCatalog, Arc Map and Coordinate Systems
Week 2: Sept 11,12, 13 Digital Line Graph Data - Downloading and Importing into ArcMap
Week 3: Sept 18, 19, 20
Week 4: Sept 25, 26, 27 Attribute Entry and Editing
Week 5: Oct 2, 3, 4
Week 6: Oct 9, 10, 11
Week 7: Oct 16, 17, 18
Week 8: Oct 23, 24, 25
Week 9: Oct 30-31, Nov 1
Week 10: Nov 6, 7, 8
Week 11: Nov 13, 14, 15
Nov 19 - Nov 23 Thanksgiving Break Week
Week 12: Nov 27, 28, 29
Week 13: Dec 4, 5, 7
Week 14: Dec 11, 12, 13 Lab Final:During regular lab time.

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