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GTECH 361/710 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Monday 5:35-9:15 PM Hunter North 1090B Spring 2012 Instructor: Office location: Email:

Craig Dalton HN 1032 (the door locks- ring the bell) [email protected] - Please be sure to include the course number in your subject line. The instructor is not responsible for emails that are missed or junked because of insufficient subject lines. - Please note that there will be a delay for messages sent over the weekend or during non-business hours. - Please be as specific as possible when writing to me so that I can

Office hours:

TBA

answer your questions/concerns appropriately.

Course description: In this course, we will cover the whole GIS production process from data acquisition to editing, analysis, and yes, cartographic design. The course itself is divided into two equally important parts: lectures, which introduce the theory of GIScience, and lab exercises, which help you to familiarize yourself with many aspects of the software. The lectures discuss concepts, data, tools, and major aspects of assignments. The laboratory sessions introduce the geospatial data and software tools needed for accomplishing the assignments. They will start at a very basic level, requiring little more than elementary experience with the Windows operating system. The course utilizes a variety of resources, including the energy and creativity of students in the class. Hours: 4 Prerequisites: For GTECH 361: GTECH 201 For GTECH 710: None

Required textbook(s): None – and there are good reasons, which we will discuss during our first session. However, experience has it that some students need the “security blanket” of a textbook even if the course does not follow it. If are one of these students, then you might benefit from having a look at any the following: -

Albrecht, J. (2007). Key Concepts and Techniques in GIS. London: Sage. ISBN 9781412910163

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Clarke, K. C. (2010). Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems, Fifth Edition, Prentice Hall. ISBN 9780131494985

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de Smith M, Goodchild, M and P Longley, P.A. (2008). Geospatial Analysis. Leicester: Troubador. (Website: Free access at http://www.spatialanalysisonline.com/)

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Longley, P. A., Goodchild, M., Maguire, D. J. and Rhind, D. W. (2010). Geographic Information Systems and Science, Third Edition, Wiley ISBN: 9780470721445

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Maantay, J. and Ziegler, J. (2006). GIS for the Urban Environment, ESRI Press. ISBN: 9781589480827

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Chang, Kang-tsung (2011). Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Fifth Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 978-0077465438

Course objectives: The objectives for this course include both content and skills. Upon completion of this course, students will understand the structure of and be able to design and execute basic GIS analysis projects. In practice, students will be able to create, collect and assess geographic data, organize and store that data, perform basic analysis functions on that data and design effective maps to represent geographic phenomena. Course evaluation: Assignments:*

%

Labs (10) 5% each

50

Midterm exam

15

Final project

15

Final exam

15

Attendance/Participation

5 100

*All Assignments are to be turned in electronically via the course’s blackboard digital dropbox unless otherwise noted. When turning in documents on the dropbox, remember to hit “submit” after you upload the file. Lab Assignments are the core of this class. They are due at the beginning of class one week after they are assigned. For all labs, you are expected to show all the work you did in order to complete the assignment. It is more important how you did the work, than whether you got the right answer. Partial credit will be given for good work with incorrect results. Midterm Exam: Mar. 26th, mixed format (details to follow)

Final Project: Proposal due Apr. 2nd, Project due, May 14th, presentations, May 14th. A multi-week project in which you will be asked to create a small GIS experiment, obtain and work with GIS data, analyze it and report on it. While the initial work will be outside of class, there will be dedicated class/lab time for working on the project near the end of the semester. Final Exam: TBA Cumulative, mixed format (details to follow)

Course evaluation policies Attendance is crucial. The class-learning environment is one of active learning, meaning that most of the student performance is practical assignments rather than tests. Thus, adherence to protocols and the course timetable is very important. Lateness in arriving at class, both lectures and laboratory/discussion sections will not be tolerated. Active involvement in the course is evidenced in part by undertaking the mechanics of the practical assignments systematically, and learning the tools by hours of practice. In so doing the tools soon come to be seen as a means to an end, rather than the end itself. Class participation includes timely attendance at laboratory sessions, participation in organized class discussions, accomplishments of in-class tasks, accomplishment of the preliminary assignment on time. Late work will be downgraded by one letter grade each day they are late. Labs will not be accepted if greater than one week late. It is in your best interests to keep up with the work and meet deadlines for assignments. Incomplete grades and time extensions are not an option for this course. Incomplete grades and time extensions are not an option for this course. I do not give the grade of IN (incomplete) unless there are extraordinary circumstance, the kind that come with official written documentation. Special accommodations for persons with disabilities are provided upon request. Please see the instructor if you feel the need for them. Classroom policies: Lab policies are described in detail in http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/techsupport/rules.html Electronic devices are not permitted during exams. This includes the lab computers, laptops, phones, calculators and other mobile devices. Such devices are permitted in normal class sessions. Please set the ringer to silent. If you have an emergency call, please take it out of class. Do not text in class. Hunter College statement on Academic Integrity: Hunter College regards acts of academic dishonesty (e.g., plagiarism, cheating on examinations, obtaining unfair advantage, and falsification of records and official documents) as serious offenses against the values of intellectual honesty. The College is committed to enforcing CUNY Policy on Academic Integrity and will pursue cases of academic dishonesty according to the Hunter College Academic Integrity Procedures. Plagiarism, dishonesty, or cheating in any portion of the work required for this course will be punished to the full extent allowed according to Hunter College regulations. Helping other students on use of the software is encouraged. However, do not help other students answer questions from the labs. Many of the problems have a "sample" problem, which includes the answer. The best way to help your fellow students is to work through the sample problem. If a sample problem is not available, create an exercise similar to the problem in the lab and solve that

problem. You can't actually learn this material unless you do the work yourself. Therefore, do not share your calculations or measurements with other students. You must do your own work (and it is easy to see when students copy work from other students). Students with labs showing copied work can receive failing grades. Tentative Schedule: Week # Date 1 30-Jan 2 6-Feb 13-Feb 20-Feb

Getting started; semester overview Cartographic communication and geospatial visualization No class- Lincoln's birthday No class- President's day (Monday Class on Tuesday) Location Reference Systems (datums, projections, coordinate systems) Organizing Geographic Data, Geocoding (AAG conference) Secondary Data Sources Creating and Editing Geodata Exploring, Creating and Editing Geodatabases MIDTERM, Web mapping, the Geoweb and Mashups Geoprocessing, vector analysis No class- Spring Break Georeferencing Images, Getting started with (raster-based) GIS analysis Map Design with ArcGIS

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

21-Feb 27-Feb 5-Mar 12-Mar 19-Mar 26-Mar 2-Apr 9-Apr

10 11

16-Apr 23-Apr

12

30-Apr Spatial Interpolation Lecture

13 14 Final

Lab#

7-May Lab time for the final project 14-May Final project Due, Presentations TBA

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 n/a 8

9 10 final project lab time final project lab time n/a

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