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GEOG 413/613
Course Syllabus
Winter 2013
| Lecturer: |
John Masich , John.Masich@unbc.ca |
| Lectures: |
5-159, Monday 12:30 - 13:20 |
| Lab Instructor: |
Ping Bai, Office: 10-2526,
Email: baip@unbc.ca, Office hours: Mon 1 - 2pm or by email |
Labs:
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8-125 Mon/Wed 15.30 - 17.20 |
| DATE |
TOPICS |
LABS |
January
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3-4
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No Labs |
7-11
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Introduction - GIS project Management |
Interactive map displays ; Data Conversion |
14-18
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Projections and
Coordinate systems |
Data Assembling / Spaital Analysis |
21-25
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Vector data
Management/ Geodatabases |
Raster Analysis / Statistical Analysis
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28- Feb.1
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Guest Lecture - Brad
Hawkes MOF |
Surface Analysis/
Hydrology Modeling |
February
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4-8
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Raster Data
Management
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Factor Rating / Distance Analysis
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11-15
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Feb.11, Family Day, No Lecture |
BC Family Day, No Lab / Network Analysis |
18-22
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Reading Week
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Reading Break, No Lab |
25- Mar.1
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Programming and
Automation
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Landuse Planning / Geoprocessing |
March
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4-8
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Guest lecture - Will
Cadell (SparkGeo) |
Programming in ArcGIS / LiDAR Data
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11-15
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Open source
applications and data |
Project |
18-22
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Guest Lecturer - Eric
Anderson (Canfor) |
Project |
25-29
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Trends in GIS |
Project |
| April |
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1-5
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April 1, Easter Monday, No Lecture
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Easter Monday, No Lab |
| 8 |
lecture exam (20%)
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Project / presentation , project due |
10-20
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Exam period
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COURSE EVALUATION
| Lab assignments: |
35-40% |
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| Article review |
15% |
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| Lecture exam |
20% |
April 8 |
| Projects |
25% |
April 8 |
REFERENCES: No 'required text' ... the onus is on
you to read web pages, journals, online help
| General GIS: |
www.gisportal.com,
www.gislounge.com |
| GIS vendors: |
ESRI: www.esricanada.com, IDRISI: www.clarklabs.org |
| Trade Magazines: |
GIS World -> GeoWorld: www.geoplace.com.
GeoInfoSystems-> GeoSpatialSolutions: www.geospatial-online.com |
Journals
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International Journal of
Geographic Information Sciences, Cartography and GIS, Cartographica,
Geomatica, Journal of Forestry (and other application areas) etc. |
| Textbooks: |
GIS titles in library and
web pages Using ArcMap - pdf |
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