CS 128/ES 228 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Spring 2005

An index page for various class resources

last modified 05/04/2005

Syllabus

Quizzes

• Quiz #1, Feb. 2
• Quiz #2, Feb. 23
• Quiz #3, Mar. 30
• Quiz #4, Apr. 27

Readings

• 1/31  An interesting discussion of projections can also be found here
• 1/19  Heywood, pp. 13-19, 175-189
• 1/17  Heywood, pp. 3-13

Labs

• Lab 13b - Error Analysis of GPS Data
• Lab 13a - GPS Data Gathering
• Pre-Lab 13 - Error Analysis
• Lab 12 - Beginning Spatial Analysis
• Lab 11 - GPS - Mapping Campus Features with GPS
• Lab 10 - Surveying
• Lab 9 - <does not exist due to Easter>
• Lab 8 - Geocoding
• Lab 7 - Using Attribute Data
• Lab 6 - Map Layout and Publishing
• Lab 5 - Vector Formats
• Lab 4 - Raster Data
• Lab 3b - Coordinate Systems
• Lab 3a - You Are Now Free to Move About the Country
• Lab 2 - Layers
• Lab 1b - Intro to ArcMap
• Lab 1a - Getting Started 

Homework

• OPTIONAL:  If you wish to explore the mapping shown in class on Jan. 17, the website is
  http://mappoint.msn.com/(lfseb445uqjig055vvz5txqq)/DirectionsFind.aspx
  and the cities in Norway to enter are Haugesund and Trondheim.

Lecture Presentations

• Maps on The Net (5/4/05)
• Case Studies (Crime, Parks, Transportation) (4/27/05)
• Errors (4/25/05)
• Surface Analysis (4/20/05)
• Spatial Analysis (3D) (4/18/05)
• Spatial Analysis (2D) (4/13/05)
• Case Study - Landslides (4/11/05)
• GPS (4/4/05)
• Surveying (3/30/05)  <no actual powerpoint>
• Vector Data Sources (3/21/05)
• Remote Sensing (3/16/05)
• Raster Data Sources (3/14/05)
• Data Storage (2/21/05)
• Attribute Data (2/21/05)
• Vector Format (2/16/05)
• Raster Format (2/14/05)
• Spatial Models, Part II (2/9/05)
• Spatial Models (2/7/05)
• Coordinate Systems (2/2/05) (still way too large, but at least it's here!)
• Projections (1/31/05)
• Attribute Data and Map Types (1/26/05)
• What is a Map? (1/24/05) (updated to reflect last minute changes)
• Early GIS (1/19/05)
• What is GIS?  (1/17/05)

Useful Links (as discussed in class or lab)

• Community GIS (links to web-based GIS systems in Cattaraugus County - shown in class on 1/14/03)
• New York State GIS resources
• Magnetic North Pole info (mentioned in class 1/30/03)

            Government pages

• National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
• U.S. Bureau of Census, Geography home page
• U.S.G.S. National Mapping Information page
• Summary of map products available from U.S.G.S.
• U.S.G.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

            Remote Sensing Data Sources

• NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) program
• Earth Resources Observatory Systems (EROS) Data Center (U.S.G.S.)
• Satellite Probatoire pour L’Observation de la Terre (SPOT)

            Academic pages

• National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis
• University of Minnesota’s Environmental Resources Spatial Analysis Center

            Commercial pages

• ESRI
• The GIS Portal! (Harvard Design and Mapping Company)
• GIS World (Adams Business Media)