Schedule and links to the course material
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 |
Introduction to the Course
(Course instructions, management and resources)
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
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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 |
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| 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
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presentation December 5 paper December 9 |
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| December 9 | Last day to submit a project paper | Decmeber 9 |