GIS/MEA582: Geospatial Modeling and Analysis

Schedule and links to the course material

GIS/MEA582-001 sections meet on Tuesdays 1:30 - 2:45 pm in Jordan Hall 5103 followed by 3:00 - 4:15 pm hands-on class in Jordan Hall 5119.

Schedule will be adjusted as needed during the semester. Assignments, which are due at the same date, should be delivered in a single report.

Week	Lecture/Assignment Topic and Project Tasks	Assignment due date
January 6	Course Syllabus 1. Geospatial Data Acquisition, Getting Started with Open Source GIS	January 14
January 13	2.A Geospatial Data: Models	January 28
January 20	2.B Geospatial Data: Display and visualization	January 28
January 27	3.A Geospatial Analysis: Global, zonal and focal operations, map algebra Read Project proposal instructions, project resources, think about your topic	February 18
February 3	3.B Geospatial Analysis: Buffers, cost surfaces, least cost path Project proposal (2 pages), submit on Moodle in the Project Proposal section (PDF file named `LastnameFirstname_Proposal.pdf`) see Proposal instructions, project resources	February 18
February 10	4.A Spatial interpolation: methods Work on the project: acquire data (see data providers), process into a consistent data set	March 4
February 11	Wellness Break
February 17	4.B Spatial interpolation: splines Read information about upcoming midterm exam	March 4
February 24	5.A Geomorphometry: Terrain modeling Work on the project: analyze and visualize data, start developing workflow	March 25
March 3	5.B Geomorphometry: Spatial and temporal terrain analysis Work on the project: Test preliminary workflow for your analysis/modeling, identify missing data or tools	March 25
March 10-14	Spring Break
March 17-22	Midterm exam Handled by Moodle, no on-campus presence is needed Questions with instructions will be provided through Moodle Announcement on Wednesday, March 20 around 10 am Answers are due on Friday, March 22 at 11.45 pm, uploaded to Moodle (see Moodle Midterm section) as a PDF file named `LastnameFirstname_Exam.pdf`	March 22
March 24	6. Viewshed, solar energy potential analysis Work on the project: post a brief project progress report on the Project Discussion Forum by November 12	April 1
March 31	7.A Flow routing, watershed analysis Project: Complete preliminary results, evaluate what is missing or causing problems Spring 2025 project titles	April 15
April 7	7.B Introduction to GIS-based Modeling of Geospatial Processes, Hydrologic and Erosion modeling Project: Work on results, visualization, statistical summaries, graphical output	April 15
April 14	Work on your project
April 21	Project presentations, post presentation recordings, work on project paper Spring 2025 project titles – final Project presentation and paper requirements The project presentation: To record your presentation, use Open Broadcaster Software (tutorial), Screencastify, MS Powerpoint, Zoom, or any other software with similar recording functionality. Do NOT submit recordings in SWF format! Post the presentation on Moodle Keep the presentation to 10 minutes and name your file `LastnameFirstname_Presentation.mp4`, `LastnameFirstname_Presentation.pptx` (or whatever format you use).	presentation April 25 paper April 29
April 28	Finish and submit project paper	Last day to submit a project paper	April 29

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