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Click on the Links Below to Access Course Notes, Laboratory Exercises, Tests, and Assignments
Unit 1
Lab Exercise: Investigating World Demography Using GIS- ArcView 3 Version
Lab Exercise: Investigating World Demography Using GIS- ArcGIS Version
Lab Exercise: Investigating World Demography Using GIS - Answer Key Unit 2
Lab Exercise: Earthquakes Everyday: Exploring World Earthquakes with GIS
Lab Exercise: Earthquakes Everyday: Exploring World Earthquakes with GIS - Answer Key Unit 3
Lab Exercise: Exploring a Century of Population Change Across the United States with GIS
Unit 4
Notes: Representing Earth Features in a GIS
Lab Exercise: Analyzing Tornadoes Across the USA with GIS
Lab Exercise: Analyzing Tornadoes Across the USA with GIS - Answer Key Unit 5
Lab Exercise: Locating Study Sites for Stipa Comata Using GIS
Lab Exercise: Locating Study Sites for Stipa Comata Using GIS - Answer Key Unit 6
Notes:
Core Analytical GIS Functions
Lab Exercise: Analyzing Watersheds with GIS
Lab Exercise: Analyzing Watersheds with GIS - Answer Key Unit 7
Lab Exercise: Examining Local Demographics with GIS
Lab Exercise: Examining Local Demographics with GIS - Answer Key Unit 8
Lab Exercise: Downloading Images and Digitizing Features Using GIS
Lab Exercise: Downloading Images and Digitizing Features Using GIS - Answer Key Unit 9
Lab Exercise: Registering and Using Imagery within a GIS
Lab Exercise: Registering and Using Imagery within a GIS- Answer Key Unit 10
Lab Exercise: Locating a Fire Tower Using GIS Lab Exercise: Locating a Fire Tower Using GIS - Answer Key |
GIS Course at Sinte Gleska University: Lakota Studies 400/600: Special Topics: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Science
This course was originally created for an accredited course at SGU. The course is not currently being offered for credit, but the data, readings, and lessons are maintained and improved on this site. Although you will not receive credit for taking this course, you are welcome to take the course to further your own GIS education. Feedback on any parts of the course are appreciated. Each unit is designed to take approximately two weeks. During the course, you will examine a variety of data sets from local to global, using spatial information and spatial analysis to make an informed decision. Themes include natural hazards, imagery, demography, retailing, and others. The course is designed to be completed over two semesters for a total of 30 weeks. The lessons are available with ArcView 3 instructions. ArcGIS instructions are being created during Spring 2004. Instructor: Dr. Joseph J. Kerski Geographer: Education/GIS USGS Box 25046 - MS 507 Denver CO 80225-0046 USA Tel 303-202-4315 Fax 303-202-4137
Course Location: http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/sgu/sgugis.html
Objectives
1. To understand the principles, applications, trends, and pertinent issues of geographic information systems and sciences, including remote sensing (RS), cartography, geography, and global positioning systems (GPS). 2. To become competent in solving problems with spatial analysis by using geographic information systems software (ArcView 3.2 from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI Inc.). 3. To increase proficiency in communicating objectives and results of research and production conducted with geographic information systems. 4. To understand how to obtain and analyze data such as that focused on watersheds, population, cultural resources, terrain, natural hazards, land cover, and land ownership. 5. To gain an understanding of how to manipulate and apply vector and raster spatial data, particularly with regard to Native American issues, emphasizing lands in and near the Rosebud Sioux region of South Dakota. How to Complete the Course Each week, check this web page. Visit the links at the left, starting with the "notes." Read the notes, followed by the assignment, followed by the lab. The labs can be completed by highlighting the entire page with your cursor, copying it to the Windows clipboard (with control-c), and pasting it (with control-v) to WordPad or your favorite word processor. Fill in your answers and email me the entire document. Note This is YOUR course, so please give me comments throughout the semester so that I can best meet your needs. Required Text and Supplies The 2 books for this course are below. I have selected these trusting that they will be a good investment that will serve you in your GIS journey for years to come. 1. Ormsby, Tim, Eileen Napoleon, and Pat Breslin. 2000. Getting to Know ArcView GIS. ISBN: 1-879102-46-3. 1998. 660p. 2. Longley, Paul A., Michael Goodchild, David J. Maguire, David W. Rhind, and Joe Lobley. 2001. Geographic Information Systems and Science. John Wiley & Sons: ISBN: 0471892750; 454 p. Software Used During This Course ArcView version 3.3, ESRI. Spatial Analyst, ESRI 3D Analyst, ESRI Netscape or Internet Explorer Winzip Additional Readings Journal articles and other readings as assigned. Labs This is a hands-on class. A series of laboratory exercises in ArcView GIS will provide hands-on experience and enhance understanding of reading material. Exams Two exams will be given in the course, at approximately 1/3 and 2/3 of the way through the course. Annotated Bibliography Each student
is expected to review 5 journal articles on the application of GIS to a
specific problem or issue and write an annotated bibliography on each.
Each bibliography should include the full citation reference and
a summary of the relevant points. Each
should be no longer than one double-spaced, printed page. The 5 bibliographies should address a single profession, problem,
or discipline where GIS is applied. One bibliography will be collected each week.
A condensed version of these bibliographies will form the
literature review section of the final project.
Research
Project Each student
(or team of 2-3 students) is expected to conduct a research project,
emphasizing the application of GIS technology to a real-world problem.
Select something that you are interested in! A brief proposal of this research project will be required midway
through the semester, and the project will be due the last week of
class. Grading Exam
- 20 % Lab
exercises
- 40 % Assignments on Readings - 10% Annotated
Bibliographies - 10% Research Project - 20% Selected skills we will cover in the course File and data management Selecting features and attributes Querying features and attributes Joining tabular information Downloading data from the Internet and formatting it for use
within a GIS Collecting and using GPS coordinates Hotlinking photographs to maps Downloading and analyzing demographic data and TIGER files Geocoding Addresses Projecting Data Registering Imagery Buffering and merging spatial data sets Overlaying Spatial Data Manipulating spatial data to make an informed decision Creating and analyzing isoline data and digital elevation models Schedule
– Subject To Adjustment Based on Students’ Needs
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