GLY 6932 Special Topics – GIS Applications in Earth Sciences using ArcView (Fall 2006)
Lectures, Labs, & Handouts
(updated 24 August 2006)
(Schedule Subject to Change, Check for Updates, frequently)

Class Time & Location
   Lectures: Tuesday Period 7
   Labs:       Thursday Period 7

Course Guidelines & Policies

·        Syllabus

·        GRADES

·        Grading Policy

·        Lab Report Guidelines

·        WebLinks

·        Text and Additional Reading Resources

Class Status Information: NOTE-This schedule is subject to revision at any time.

 

 

 

Week/Date

Lectures & Labs

Assignment Due Dates

Week 1:

 

Introducton:
   1) Course Description, Guidelines, Policies & Protocols;
   2) What is GIS?
   

 


Week 1 Lab

Lab 1: Introduction to Arcview 3.2a
Part A) Exercise 1, Task 1 from Chang-make a screen capture of final product

Part B) Lab1  Introduction to Arcview   and questions only (word doc); Florida_ag2.dbf,  agld87.dbf; metadata for agld87.dbf

 

Week 3:

 

Map Projections and Coordinate Systems
   Review of Projections, Datums, Coordinate Systems

 

Week 3 Lab

PART A) Lab 2: Map Projections, Datum, and Coordinate Systems

Part B) Exercise 2, Tasks 1-3 from Chang-make a screen capture of final product of each task
 

 

Week 4:


 

Maps as Numbers
   1) Description of Vector vs Raster Data Formats
 
   

 

Week 4 Lab

Lab 3: Vector Data Model

Lab3  Introduction to Vector Data in Arcview    ; Lab 3 Data (zip file) ; depgwi.html; DRASTIC methodology

 

 

WEEK 5:

No Class-Work on labs from previous week

 

Week 6:

 

The Raster Data Model
  1) Description of Raster Data Formats
   2) Registration of raster data to coordinate systems

 

 

Week 6 Lab

Lab 4: Integrating Vector and Raster Data

Part A) Exercise 7 from Chang-make a screen capture of final product and answer Questions in Chapter 5 Applications

Part b) Lab 4: Integrating Vector and Raster Data;   DLG Roads metadata; sample layout

 

Week 7:

 

Data Input

GSA Today Article on Geologic Databases

 

 

Week 7 Lab

Lab 6: Data Input

 

 

Week 8:

 

Geologic Data Display and Cartography
    Colorado Plateau Uplift paper

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Week 9:

 

USGS Raster and Vector Data
USGS Florida DEM

Matlab Assignment 9

 

 


 

 

Week 10:

 

Spatial Analysis of Vector Data

 

 

 


 

 

Week 11:

 

Spatial Analysis of Raster Data
   

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Week 12:

 

Terrain Mapping and Analysis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 13:

 

Spatial Interpolation

 

 

 

 

Week 14:

Landslide Modeling

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Week 15:

 

Spatial Analysis and Modeling-Case Study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 16:

 

Work on Semester Project-Due Dec. 15  5 P.M.