GEOG 471-671 Advanced GIS
Schedule
Spring 2006
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                                     Topics                                                          Exercises/Project
Week 1
    Feb 8
 		 
Introduction to Course
Week 2
    Feb 13
    Feb 15
 		 
GISystems, Science, Studies
 Development of GIS
 
Exercise 1  Overview Computing and ArcGIS9.1
Week 3
    Feb 20
    Feb 22 		Digital Representations
-- TIN, Network, Temporal, Object
Nature of Geographic Data
Exercise 2 Data Creation - Digitizing
Week 4
    Feb 27
   Mar 1
Data Collection
Exercise 3  Data Creation - GPS Collection
Outline Project
Week 5
   Mar 6
   Mar 8
Data Sources, MetaData
Uncertainty
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Exercise 4 GPS Mapping
Discuss Project Ideas
Week 6
   Mar 13
   Mar 15 		 
Cartography and Geovisualization
QUIZ 1
 		Exercise 5: Data Conversion, Spatial Reference
  Select Project Topic
Week 7
   Mar 20
   Mar 22 		Spatial Analysis
-- Spatial Interpolation
-- Geostatistics
 		Exercise 6 Preprocessing - Editing
Data Collection
Week 8
    Mar 27/29
**********Spring Break**************
Week 9
    Apr 3
    Apr 5 		Spatial Analysis
-- Descriptive Summaries
-- Network Analysis
 
Exercise 7 Preprocessing and Spatial Analysis -Spatial Interpolation
Project Data Input
Week 10
    Apr 10
    Apr 12
 Spatial Analysis
-- Temporal Analysis
-- Raster Analysis
 		Exercise 8 Preprocessing and Spatial Analysis -
Spatial Statistics
Project  Manipulation/ Preprocessing
Week 11
   Apr 17
   Apr 19		 Spatial Analysis
-- Terrain Analysis, Hydrologic Analysis
 Internet Mapping
Exercise 9 Spatial Analysis - Network Analysis
Week 12
   Apr 24,26
 Programming with ArcObjects
Geoprocessing  Scripts using Python 		Project Analysis
Report Draft
Week 13
    May 1
    May 3 		Geoprocessing  Scripts using Python
QUIZ 2
Poster Draft
Week 14
    May 8/10   		  
Project Working Session
Final Poster/Write Report
Week 15
   May 15
   May 17   		  
Project Working Session
Project Poster Presentations
 
Week 16
   May 19-26		 ******** FINAL EXAM WEEK********

         Schedule is subject to change as the semester progresses. 

February 7, 2006