HERE'S
WHAT WE WILL DO
IN OUR GEOGRAPHY 231 CLASS
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THIS
IS AN ADVANCED CLASS - ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS AND THEIR RELATED
SKILL LEVELS MUST BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF EACH STUDENT’S ADVANCED
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING IN GIS. INSTRUCTOR WILL CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATE AND SUPERVISE EACH INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED PROJECT IN WEEKLY CLASSROOM AND LAB SESSIONS, TO SEE THAT IT REFLECTS THE UNIQUE AND SPECIFIC PLANS OF
THE NEGOTIATED PROJECT, AND TO ASSURE THAT EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
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I. COURSE CONTENT AND SCOPE (instructional
topics or units)
A. Introduction to GIS
1. Acquire an introductory operating
knowledge of the software.
2. Tutorials.
B. Scope and intended presentation requirements for your project.
1. What would you like to demonstrate/query/resolve?
2. How much information do you need?
C. Selection and acquisition of data and base information
1. Sources.
2. Selection.
D. Procedures for Making Spatial Data Usable
1. Modified data for applications.
2. Geo-referencing.
E. Procedures for Getting Attribute Data into software
1. Data entry will be applied as appropriate.
2. Data import applied as appropriate.
F. Coordinate Systems for a Multi-Coverage Database
1. Coordinate system review.
2. Applying information which is available in differing coordinate systems.
G. Procedures for Performing Geographic Analysis
1. Querying data,
2. Selecting appropriate data ranges,
3. Selecting appropriate spatial relationships, and
4. Selecting data relationships.
H. Cartographic Presentation of Data/ Learn and apply cartographic protocols
1. Selection of color.
2. Selection of space.
3. Selection of quantity of data.
II. Methods to Customize Your Applications.
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