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LECT# TOPICS
1 Introduction to the Class and GIS; GIS Principles and methods;
Athena Diagnostic (required for students who did not do CRL computing orientation)
2 Lab 1: ArcView Basics (Intro to ArcView, saving a "project," paper output)
3 GIS Principles and Methods; Redlining Case Study
4 Lab 2: Thematic Mapping in ArcView (symbolization, exploratory vs. explanatory mapping, orthos)
Lab Exercise 1 due
5 Database Fundamentals (relational basics, queries, joins)
6 Lab 3: Database Operations in ArcView (spatial selection, query selection, tabular joins, spatial joins)
Lab Exercise 2 due
7 Homework Set 1 distributed
8 More on Database Management: Introduction to SQL; Accessing data in ArcSDE (Oracle); Handling one-to-many relationships
9 Lab 4: Database Aggregation, SQL, and Charts
Lab Exercise 3 due a day before Lecture #9
10 Making Sense of the Census
11 Lab 5: Obtaining and Using U.S. Census Data in ArcView
Lab Exercise 4 due a day before Lecture #11
12 Making Sense of the Census (cont'd)
Homework Set 2 distributed
Homework Set 1 due
13 Lab 5 (continued): Obtaining and Using U.S. Census Data in ArcView
14 Database Wrap-up (Perspectives on database management needs and tools; spatial data models; thinking relationally; information infrastructures for planning); Discussion of individual project possibilities
Lab Exercise 5 due a day before Lecture #16
15 Open Lab Time (Work on Homework Set #2)
16 Spatial Analysis I (vector-based methods)
17 Lab 6: Vector Spatial Analysis (buffers, polygon overlay, area allocation, Geoprocessing Wizard)
18 Spatial Data Models and Spatial Analysis II (raster, network)
Homework Set 3 distributed
Homework Set 2 due
19 Lab 7: Raster Spatial Analysis (interpolation, raster operations, Spatial Analyst)
Lab Exercise 6 due a day before Lecture #19
20 Geocoding and Network Analysis Methods
21 Lab 8: Address Matching and Geocoding
Lab Exercise 7 due a day before Lecture #21
Project Proposal due
22 Test (in class, open book)
23 Optional Lab 9: Network Analysis (shortest path, Network Analyst)
Lab Exercise 8 due a day before Lecture #23
24

Project Work

25 Homework Set 3 due
26 Project Work
Optional Lab Exercise 9 due a day before Lecture #26
27 Project Work
28 Brief Project Presentations
Project Writeup due