| Week | Dates | Due before Lecture | Readings before Lecture | Lecture | Assignments | Readings Before Lab | Lab |
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1 |
1/4/2021 |
None. |
Course logistics. |
Assignment 1 What is Geospatial Analysis? (Due before next lecture) |
None |
LAB 1: (1) Basic computer skills. (2) Getting to know ArcGIS Pro. |
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| What is geospatial analysis? | |||||||
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1/6/2021 |
Assignmemt 1 Assignment “What is Geospatial Analysis” |
(1) Lecture Note “What is location in GIS?” (2) GIS Fundamentals pp 87-99. |
What is location? | ||||
| Geographic coordinate systems (1) | |||||||
| 1/8/2021 | GIS Fundamentals pp 100-107 | Geographic coordinate systems (2) | |||||
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2 |
1/11/2021 | (1) Why All World Maps Are Wrong? (2) GIS Fundamentals pp 116-125 (before the State Plane Coordinate System) | Map projections and Projected coordinate systems (1) | Assignment 2 in map projections |
(1) Lab Note “What is Geocoding?” (2) GIS Fundamentals pp 168-180 |
LAB 2: (1) Geocoding. (2) Georeferncing. |
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| 1/13/2021 | GIS Fundamentals pp 125-136 | Map projections and Projected coordinate systems (2) | |||||
| 1/15/2021 | Assignment 2 in map projections | Discussion and Q&A | |||||
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3 |
1/18/2021 | GIS Fundamentals pp 108-115, pp 233-234 (GNSS Height Measurement) | Vertical coordinate systems |
(1) Lab Note “Coordinate Systems in GIS“. (2) Coordinate Systems: What’s the Difference? (Heather Smith). |
LAB 3: (1) Setting a right projection for a map (2) Importing tables of XY coordinates (3) Projecting data (4) Repairing misaligned data. |
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| 1/20/2021 | GIS Fundamentals pp 39-44 (before Polygon Includsions), pp 51-56 (before dat model comparison) | Data models (1) | |||||
| 1/22/2021 | Quiz 1 | GIS Fundamentals pp 44-50, pp 56-60 (before Object Data Models) | Data models (2) | ||||
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4 |
1/25/2021 |
(1) Geospatial Analysis online 6th edtion – Attributes. (2) The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis Vol 1 pp 63-79 (before “Making a Map”). |
Levels of measurements |
(1) GIS Fundamentals pp 345-357 (2) Ch. 4 Data Processing (e-text GIS Commons) |
LAB 4: (1) Ch. 4 Creating and Editing Spatial Data (Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 2.6) (2) Digitizing historical jaguar sighting data (3) Ch.3 Exploring geospatial relationships (Getting To Know ArcGIS Pro 2.6) |
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| Data classification | |||||||
| 1/27/2021 | (1) Visual Variables (2) Using Colors on Maps (3) The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis Vol. 1 pp 79-95, pp 43-45 | Visual variables | |||||
| 1/29/2021 | Activity 1 | (1) Lecture Note “Spatial Relationships“. (2) GIS Fundamentals pp398-415. (3) Gerrymandering, explained. (4) How Math Can Help Detect Gerrymandering. (5) Measuring District Compactness in PostGIS (6) Activity 1 | Data query and analysis based on geometric properties, spatial relathionships and other vector-based methods. Raster buffer and overlay. | ||||
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5 |
2/1/2021 | GIS Fundamentals pp 445-461 | Map algebra | Map Algebra Practices (in shared Dropbox lab folder) |
GIS Fundamentals pp 305-326 |
LAB 5: (1) Vector based analysis: Ch. 7a and 7c (Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 2.6) (2) Cartographic Modeling – Characteristics of Jaguar Habitats |
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| 2/3/2021 | GIS Fundamentals pp 573-596 (can skip “Scripting and Models”) | Cartogaphic Modeling | |||||
| 2/5/2021 | Quiz 2 | A Spatial Model of Potential Jaguar Habitat in Arizona | Discussion and Q&A | ||||
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6 |
2/8/2021 | Midterm break |
GIS Applications: – Read as examples of GIS applicaitons. You may skip software steps. (1) Help end homelessness (2) Estimate solar power potential |
LAB 6: (1) Lab review (2) Cartographic Modeling – Characteristics of Jaguar Habitats (3) Unfinished work from Lab 5 |
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2/10/2021 |
GIS Fundamentals pp 462-475, pp 485-493. |
Terrain analysis |
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| 2/12/2021 | Map Algebra Practice due end of the day. Upload file at Canvas. | Midterm exam (Lecture and Lab materials week 1-4) | |||||
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7 |
2/15/2021 | The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis Vol. 2 pp 15-59. | Cost distance, Introduction to spatial statistics (1) |
LAB 7: (1) Modeling Suitable Jaguar Habitats in Arizona (2) Tell the Story of Irish Public History |
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| 2/17/2021 | (1) The pitfalls of spatial data (O’Sullivan and Unwin) pp 34-36. (2) The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis pp 143-157, 187-206 | Introduction to spatial statistics (2) | |||||
| 2/19/2021 | Quiz 3 (materials in Week 5 & 6) | A geographic analysis of wind turbine placement in Northern California | Discussion and Q&A | ||||
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8 |
2/22/2021 | Working on final projects |
LAB 8: (1) Least Cost Path Analysis. (2) Simple spatial statistics with voter turnout data. |
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| 2/24/2021 | (1) The pitfalls of spatial data (O’Sullivan and Unwin) pp 36-41 (2) Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (Michael Buzzilli ) Web version, PDF version | Pitfalls in geospatial analysis – MAUP, Ecological Fallacy, Edge Effects | |||||
| 2/26/2021 | Working on final projects | ||||||
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9 |
3/1/2021 | GIS Fundamentals pp 147-156 (before Digitizing) | Introduction to cartography (map making) (1) |
Working on final projects |
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| 3/3/2021 | Final project discussion and Q&A | ||||||
| 3/5/2021 | Quiz 4 (materials in Week 7 & 8) | Final project discussion and Q&A | |||||
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10 |
3/8/2021 | Working on final projects |
No lab. |
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| 3/10/2021 | Final project | Final project presentation. |
