Fall 2008
   GEO327G/386G: GIS & GPS Applications in Earth Sciences

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Syllabus

Schedule

Lecture

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 Date

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Online
Resources

Bolstad and/or
other Reading

  
Aug. 28   What is GIS? 7-30-08  Foote & Lynch;
GIS Timeline		 Ch. 1
Sept.
2		 Datums and Geographic Coordinate Systems 8-02-08 Dana,
ArcUser Mag.		 Ch. 3
4 Map Projections and Coordinate Systems 8-03-08  Dana,Dana, Texas Projections, Map Projection Ch. 3
9 ArcMap Projections demo. 9-11-08 ESRI Understanding Map Projections - Digital Books
11 Maps as Numbers 9-11-08   Ch. 2; p 25-39.
16 Vector Data Models in ArcGIS; Data Capture 9-16-08   Modeling our Word;
Ch. 3 & 4 - Digital Books
18  Databases 9-18-08   Ch. 8; Ch. 4; p. 139-149.
23 Georeferencing, Digitizing 9-23-08   ArcMap Manual - Digital Books
25 Raster Data Models 10-09-08   Ch. 2; p. 40-52.  
30 Review for Exam 1   Old Exam
Oct.
2		 Exam
7 Internet mapping tools   Dana, Trimble  
9 Spatial Analysis: Raster Data 10-09-08   Chapter 9, 10
14 Spatial Analysis: Raster Example 10-14-08   Spatial Analyst Manual; Ch 13, 14
16 GPS I 10-14-08   Chapter 9, 10
21 GPS II 10-21-08   Chapter 12
23 Field Data Collection Software     ArcPad Manual - Digital Books
27 Spatial Interpolation     Geostat. Analyst Manual
29 Arc GIS work session/project topics      
Nov.
4		 Second Hour Exam Review     Old Exam 2 & Answers
6 Exam      
11 Digital Elevation Models 12-11-08    
13 Remote Sensing & GIS 12-11-08    
18 I      
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27 Thanksgiving Holiday  
Dec. 2
4 Review for Final      
Dec. 12 Final Exam
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