2025 schedule (tentative – changes very likely)
| Wk | Dates | Class Topics | Reading | Labs/Activities | Quiz |
| 1 | Jan 13 & 15 | GIS Intro & Types of data -data vs metadata – spatial data types – attributes |
Syllabus Menke Chapter I.1 Gentle Intro Ch 3, 4, & 6 |
–Exercises 1: Introduction to software and data | None |
| 2 | Jan 22 & 24 |
-Projections and coordinates |
Gentle Introduction Ch 8 Menke Chapter II.2; App A M. Giamond Ch. 9 |
–Exercises 2: projections, and tables/attributes —GIS case study; Available on Canvas and this website now |
Jan 22 |
| 3 | Jan 27 & 29 |
Overlay analysis; |
Menke Ch. II.3; II.6 | Project 1: Mapping Environmental Justice | Jan 27 |
| 4 | Feb 3 & 5 | Digital topography | Menke II.6 QGIS Training Manual Ch. 7.3 |
Exercises: digital terrain | Feb 3 |
| 5 | Feb 10 & 12 | Location & Distance – Geoprocessing models |
Menke II.4 Training Manual Ch. 17 de Smith 2024 – Ch. 2 & 4 Gandhi “Line lengths” & “Batch processing” |
Exercises: models and suitability | Feb 10 |
| 6 | Feb 17 & Feb 19 | Geoprocessing models (cont…) Snow day made our schedule difficult… |
see above | Exercise: Introduction to the graphical modeler | Feb 17 |
| 7 | March 3 & 5 |
Neighborhood, Density, & Distance analyses |
Menke II.6 ArcPro Neighborhood help de Smith “point sets and distance statistics” de Smith Ch. 5 ArcPro “what is Geostatistics?” |
Project 2: Landslide Modeling thinking about your Final Project yet? You shoudldbe!! |
Mar 3 |
| 8 | March 10 & 12 | Geostatistics & Bayes Probability Remote sensing intro: data and instruments |
de Smith Ch. 5 & 6 Boxer Ch 10 End-to-end google earth engine Python foundations for spatial analysis Customizing QGIS with python |
Google earth engine – coding & QGIS integration | Mar 10 |
| 9 | March 17 & 19 | Remote Sensing Image enhancement, ratios and principal components |
de Smith Ch. 5 & 6 Boxer Ch 10 Advanced GEE |
Exercises: QGIS & Landsat exercises Remote Sensing Case Study |
Mar 17 |
| 10 | March 24 & 26 | Remote Sensing Classification | Image Classification Classification Intro (using ArcMap) Gandhi – Master GDAL An optional thorough explanation by de Smith |
Lab: Project 3: Landslide hazard map – inverse modeling Algorithm for Final Project is due Friday of this week (not perfect, not final, just in, so I can see where you’re heading) |
Mar 24 |
| 11 | March 31 & Apr 2 |
GPS data and technology |
GPS data in QGIS Using Mesha data in QGIS |
Lab: GPS & Mesh data demo, then final project work Final Project Data Sources identified and turned in by Friday this week |
Mar 31 |
| 12 | Apr 7 & Apr 9 | Final Project work | Lab: work on final project Friday: present final projects during class time TBD |
Apr 7 | |
| Final Exam | during exam week, self scheduled, approx 1 hour exam |
Edited by NDB March 2, 2025