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
August 20	Course Syllabus 1. Geospatial Data Acquisition, Getting Started with Open Source GIS	August 27
August 27	2.A Geospatial Data: Models	September 10
September 3	2.B Geospatial Data: Display and visualization	September 10
September 10	3.A Geospatial Analysis: Global, zonal and focal operations, map algebra Read Project proposal instructions, project resources, think about your topic	October 1
September 17	Wellness Break
September 24	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	October 1
October 1	4.A Spatial interpolation: methods Work on the project: acquire data (see data providers), process into a consistent data set	October 16
October 8	4.B Spatial interpolation: splines Read information about upcoming midterm exam	October 16
October 14-15	Fall Break
October 17-18	Midterm exam Handled by Moodle, no on-campus presence is needed Questions with instructions will be provided through Moodle Announcement on Thursday, October 17 around 9 am Answers are due on Saturday, October 19 at 11.45 pm, uploaded to Moodle (see Moodle Midterm section) as a PDF file named `LastnameFirstname_Exam.pdf`	October 19
October 22	5.A Geomorphometry: Terrain modeling Work on the project: analyze and visualize data, start developing workflow	November 5
October 29	5.B Geomorphometry: Spatial and temporal terrain analysis Work on the project: Test preliminary workflow for your analysis/modeling, identify missing data or tools	November 5
November 5	6. Viewshed, solar energy potential analysis Work on the project: post a brief project progress report on the Project Discussion Forum by November 12	November 12
November 12	7.A Flow routing, watershed analysis Project: Complete preliminary results, evaluate what is missing or causing problems Fall 2024 project titles	November 26
November 19	7.B Introduction to GIS-based Modeling of Geospatial Processes, Hydrologic and Erosion modeling Project: Work on results, visualization, statistical summaries, graphical output	November 26
November 26	Work on your project
November 27-29	Thanksgiving Break
December 3	Project presentations, post presentation recordings, work on project paper Fall 2024 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 December 5 paper December 9
December 9	Last day to submit a project paper	Decmeber 9

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