2026 schedule – changes likely!
| Wk | Class Topics | Reading | Labs/Activities |
| 0 | GIS intro & data | Syllabus +Gentle Intro Ch2 | nada |
| 1 | GIS Intro & Types of data -data vs metadata – spatial data types – attributes |
Menke Chapter I.1 Gentle Intro Ch 3, 4, & 6 |
–Exercises 1: Introduction to software and data Jan 12 |
| 2 |
-Projections and coordinates |
Menke Chapter II.2; App A M. Giamond Ch. 9 Gentle Introduction Ch 8 (can you find the error in this post? hint: WGS84…..) |
–Exercises 2: projections, and tables/attributes 1/19 —GIS case study |
| 3 |
-Overlay |
Menke Ch. II.3; II.6 | Snow day! 1/26 |
| 4 | Digital topography | Menke II.6 QGIS Training Manual Ch. 7.3 |
Project 1: Mapping Environmental Justice Feb 2 |
| 5 | Location & Distance – Geoprocessing models |
Menke II.4 Training Manual Ch. 17 de Smith 2024 – Ch. 2 & 4 Gandhi “Line lengths” & “Batch processing” |
Exercises 3: raster analysis |
| 6 | Geoprocessing models (cont…) Hydrology modeling |
see above | Exercises 4: Introduction to the graphical modeler via suitability analysis |
| 7 |
Neighborhood, Density, & Distance analyses |
Menke II.6 ArcPro Neighborhood help de Smith “point sets and distance statistics” de Smith Ch. 5 |
Project 2: Landslide Modeling |
| 8 | Geostatistics & Bayes Probability Remote sensing intro: data and instruments |
Exercise 5: Georeference and Digitze | |
| 9 | Remote Sensing Image enhancement, ratios and principal components |
Project 3: inverse or bayes landslide hazard | |
| 10 | Remote Sensing Classification | Image Classification Classification Intro (using ArcMap) |
Exercise 6 or Project 4: tbd -Algorithm for Final Project is due Friday of this week (not perfect, not final, just in, so I can see where you’re heading, you can revise!!) |
| 11 |
GPS data and technology |
Lab- Dave’s demo of something, then – Remote Sensing Case Study then final project work Final Project Data Sources identified and turned in by Friday this week |
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| 12 | Final Project work | Lab: Dave will demo something, then work on final project Friday: present final projects 12:30-2:30 @ Harte Center |
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| Final Exam | during exam week, self scheduled, approx 1 hour exam |
Edited by NDB March 2, 2025 & DJH 1/7/26