PLAN 512 GIS for Planners

PLAN 512 GIS for Planners
GIS Methods-Summer 2007
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|Sessi|Dat|Topic |Computer Lab: |Readings/Reference |
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|1-A |6/1|Introduction to the |Establish Accounts |REFERENCE: |
| |2 |Course; Introduction|Locate Home |Getting to Know ArcGIS, |
| | |to Computers in |Directory and |Chapters 1 & 2 |
| | |Planning & |Home2/Courses | Exercises: Chapters 3 & |
| | |Geographic |Directory |4. |
| | |Information Systems |Establish your own |READINGS: |
| | |The Course |folder. |Longley, GISS: pp. 1-26, |
| | |Requirements, The |Find the GTKAG data;|164-181 |
| | |Computer Exercises; | | |
| | |The Applied Project |Work with Google | |
| | | |Earth | |
| | |Overview Lecture I |Explore ArcMAP and | |
| | |Examples of GIS |ArcCatalog. | |
| | |applications in | | |
| | |planning. | | |
| | |Orientation to the | | |
| | |GEOSTAT | | |
| | |Communications, ESRI| | |
| | |Software, | | |
|2 |6/1|Thematic Mapping |Thematic Mapping and|REFERENCE: |
| |3 |with ArcMap |Map Composition |GTKAG: Read Chapters 5, |
| | |Introduction to |Assignment |6,Symbolizing and |
| | |Thematic Mapping | |Classifying features; |
| | |Lecture on GIS and | |Chap. 18, 19 Presenting |
| | |Thematic Mapping, | |Data: Documents and |
| | |Map Information; | |styles |
| | | Non-Map Attributes;| |ESRI Guide to GIS |
| | |Hardware/Software; | |Analysis: Patterns and |
| | |Data Base | |Relationships, (GEOSTAT |
| | |Management; GIS | |RESERVE) |
| | |Functionality; | |Different types of |
| | |Raster/Vector | |thematic maps by |
| | |Contrasts. | |Foundation for Agronomic |
| | |Receive the GIS | |Research |
| | |Applications | |READINGS: |
| | |Assignment. | |Applications: Longley, |
| | | | |GISS: pp. 27-58. |
| | | | |Representing Mapping: |
| | | | | Longley, GISS: pp. 60-77.|
| | | | | |
| | | | |Generalization and |
| | | | |Abstraction: Longley, |
| | | | |GISS: pp. 144-161. |
| | | | |Research Directions on |
| | | | |Thematic Mapping of Census|
| | | | |Data: |
| | | | |http://www.agocg.ac.uk/rep|
| | | | |orts/visual/casestud/dykes|
| | | | |/introd_1.htm |
|3 |6/1|Complete the |Projection exercise |REFERENCE: |
| |4 |Thematic Mapping | |Colors: Color Brewer: |
| | |Lecture: Map | |GTKAG: Chapter 13; |
| | |Projections and | |Projections |
| | |Coordinate Systems | |Do Handout Virginia |
| | |GIS Applications | |Projection Exercise. |
| | |Reporting by | |READINGS: |
| | |students: | |Longley, GISS: pp. 79-96. |
|4 |6/1|Building a GIS |Creating a GIS |REFERENCE: |
| |5 |Project: |Project. |GTKAG: Chap 15.Creating |
| | |Data Capture, Data | |Features |
| | |Importing, | |READINGS: |
| | |Digitizing, Data | |Huxhold, Digital City, |
| | |Quality | |Chap. 1, Exercises 1a thru|
| | | | |1i. |
| | |Lecture II: Blending| |Longley, GISS: Chap 9, 10,|
| | |Spatial Data | |pp. 183-224 |
| | |Data Capture: | | |
| | |Digitizing, | | |
| | |Purchase, | | |
| | |Conversion, | | |
| | |Precision, Accuracy | | |
| | |and Scale Types of | | |
| | |Automated Maps | | |
| | |Map Document | | |
| | |Preparation | | |
| | |Data Bases & Data | | |
| | |Structures | | |
| | |Concepts, Entities, | | |
| | |attributes and | | |
| | |relations, Tables, | | |
| | |Files, Data Bases, | | |
| | |Software, Design of | | |
| | |Relational Data | | |
| | |Bases, Topology in | | |
| | |Urban Data Other | | |
| | |Data Structures | | |
|5-A |6/1|Building a GIS |Continue Creating |Exercise Tasks: Continue |
| |8 |Project continued. |GIS Project. |Creating GIS Project. |
| | | | |Examples from Last Year: |
| | | | |Land Use 1 |
| | | | |Land Use 2 |
| | | | |Land Use 3 |
| | | | |READINGS: |
| | | | |GTKAG: Chap 16.Editing |
| | | | |Features |
| | | | |Longley, GISS: Chapter 11,|
| | | | |pp. 225-245 | |6 |6/1|Building a GIS |Complete the | |
| |9 |Project continued. |construction of the | |
| | | |GIS Project | |
|7 |6/2|GIS Analytic |Begin the Analysis |REFERENCE: |
| |0 |Capacity |Exercise on Vector | GTKAG: Chapters 10-12. |
| | | |Based Data |READINGS: |
| | |Lecture III: Asking | |DIGITAL CITY, Chap. 2, |
| | |Spatial Questions | |Exercises 2a, 2c, 2e, 2f, |
| | |Map Query; Attribute| |Chap 3. Exercises 3a, 3b, |
| | |Query, Buffering; | |3c |
| | |Proximity; Overlays;| |ESRI Guide to GIS |
| | |Neighborhoods, | |Analysis: Patterns and |
| | |Locations, | |Relationships, (GEOSTAT |
| | |Connectivity | |RESERVE) |
| | | | |Longley, GISS: Chap 13 pp.|
| | | | |277-302. |
|8 |6/2|Geo-referencing and |Complete the |REFERENCE: |
| |1 |Address Matching |Analysis Exercise on|Geo-referencing Exercise |
| | |JABA Client example |Vector Based Data |in GTKAG: Chapter |
| | |Computer Models for | |17.Exercises17 a, b, c. |
| | |Planning Information| |READINGS: |
| | | | |Zeiler: Modeling our |
| | |HAZUS MH example | |World, ESRI press. |
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