INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

(15-GEOG-580)   Winter Quarter 2002 T TH 9:30 - 10:45

 

Instructor:   Claire Gomersall

                              Braunstein Hall, Geography Graduate Student Office

                                                            E-mail: gomersce@email.uc.edu

 

Required Materials

1.  Clarke, Keith C. 2001.  Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems (3rd Edition).  New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.

2.  ESRI Educational Services.  1998.  Introduction to ArcView GIS.  Only available through course instructor.

3.  ArcView v3.2 software with Spatial Analyst, available in GIS lab

4.  Lab exercises and answer sheets, handed out in class.

5.  A 3.5" floppy disk for lab exercises.

 

Course Objectives

1.  To introduce GIS concepts, theories and spatial analytic techniques.

2.  To apply those concepts, theories and techniques to laboratory exercises within ArcView v3.2 software, with Spatial Analyst.

3.  To obtain ESRI Introduction to ArcView certification for all participating students.

 

Course Format

Tuesday classes are in lecture format and deal with the theory of GIS.

Thursday classes are in both lecture and laboratory format and explore ArcView software.

 

Important Dates

Midterm Exam                             Thursday Jan 31st (in class)

End of term Exam                        Tuesday March 12th (1:30 pm)

 

 

COURSE OUTLINE

Week

Topic

1

Course objectives.  Introduction to GIS.

2

Data input, storage and editing.  Definition of spatial objects.

3

Cartographic principles: projections and coordinate systems for GIS

4

Vector data structure.

5

Vector data analysis.

6

Geocoding and classification.

7

Raster data structure.

8

Raster data analysis.

9

Representing surfaces in GIS.

10

Map design and Layout.