GEO 4113 Geographic Information Systems Fall 2012

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1 GEO 4113 Geographic Information Systems Fall 2012 University of Central Oklahoma Department of History and Geography Meeting Time: T R 12:30 pm 1:45 pm (CRN 17813) Classroom: Liberal Arts Building 129 Professor: Dr. Brad Watkins Office: Liberal Arts Building 202B Phone: bwatkins8@uco.edu Office Hours: T,R: 3:30 4:30 pm R: 10:00 11:00 am Online Hours M,W: 10:00 11:00 am or by appointment COURSE DESCRIPTION From catalog: This course offers intensive instruction in the skills of geographic information system technology and the methods of collecting, storing, assessing, and manipulating geographic information from a multidisciplinary perspective. A portion of this course will be taught as a lab in which you will complete assignments on the computer that cover various functions of geographic information systems. Data collection and integration using the global positioning system (GPS) will be introduced. Prerequisites: Junior standing or above OBJECTIVES By the end of this course you should: - be able to demonstrate a basic proficiency in GIS - be able to create, manage, and map data using GIS - be able to carry out simple geospatial analysis techniques - be familiar with the characteristics and applications of raster and vector data models - have a functional knowledge of ArcMap be able to collect data using the global positioning system and integrate it into a geographic information system THE CENTRAL SIX At the University of Central Oklahoma, we are guided by the mission of helping students learn by providing transformative experiences so that they may become productive, creative, ethical and engaged citizens and leaders contributing to the intellectual, cultural, economic and social advancement of the communities they serve. Transformative learning is a holistic process that places students at the center of their own active and reflective learning experiences. A student s major field is central to the learning experience and is a vital part of the Central Six. This course addresses the following aspects of the Central Six: 1

2 Discipline Knowledge: Students will complete readings and lab assignments that teach them the fundamental skills needed to work efficiently with GIS software. These assignments will provide them with the skillset needed to obtain GIS internships. Problem Solving (Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities): Success in a GIS course means using the software to solve spatial problems. Students will develop their individual project based upon current GIS/GPS techniques with the latest software. ATTENDANCE Attendance is required. *After 4 unexcused absences, 10% will be deducted from your grade. An additional 10% will be deducted for each additional unexcused absence. If you miss 8 classes, you will fail the course. *Two tardies will count as one unexcused absence. *Students who do not attend the first two weeks of class will be administratively dropped from the course. LATE WORK AND MAKE-UP EXAMS Exams may not be made up. Lab assignments are due at the beginning of class following week in which they are assigned. Labs will be docked 10 points for each day they are late. Labs not turned in by Friday will be counted as 0. Labs turned in after the beginning of class (when labs are accepted)...minus 10 points Labs turned in one day late...minus 20 points STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY You are expected to come to each class prepared. This includes having read the assigned pages and/or studied the assigned cartographic examples as well as being prepared to discuss these in class. Lectures are only one component to the course. The lab portion of this course is important to your success. If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to obtain notes. COURSE COMMUNICATION The best way to contact me is by , however, you are welcome to visit my office at any time. If my door is open, then I will be happy to see you. I will post periodic course announcements (reminders) to D2L, so it is your responsibility to check that frequently. Online office hours will be conducted using Collaborate. You will find this link on the course homepage. CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE Please respect the learning environment of students and the professor. Do not sleep or do homework in class. Recording lectures is prohibited. Do not use Facebook or any other social networking site in class. Do not surf the Web unless asked by the professor to visit a particular website. You may use your smart phone/cell phone in class to check , professor, or to check text messages as long as it is kept to a minimum. You may not make phone calls during class. You must silence your phone during class. It is considered disruptive behavior to engage in any of these prohibited activities. 2

3 Turn off or silence all electronic devices during exams and quizzes. If caught using any electronic device during an exam, you will receive no points for that exam and disciplinary action will be considered as outlined in the Code of Student Conduct. I encourage lively discussions during classes, but derogatory comments, negativity, and poor attitudes will not be tolerated and will be considered disruptive behavior. If you engage in these disruptive activities you will be asked to leave the class. If you commit multiple violations of the state policy disciplinary action will be considered as outlined in the Code of Student Conduct. REQUIRED BOOKS Textbook: Jensen, John R. and Ryan R. Jensen Introductory Geographic Information Systems, New York: Pearson. Lab Manual: Ormsby, Tim, Eileen Napoleon, Robert Burke, Carolyn Groessl, and Laura Feaster Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop, 2 nd Edition (updated for ArcGIS 10), Redlands, CA: ESRI Press. REQUIRED MATERIALS - Flash drive (8 GB or larger) RECOMMENDED BOOK Wade, Tasha, and Shelly Somer A to Z GIS: An Illustrated Dictionary of GIS, Redlands, CA: ESRI Press. (extremely helpful since you ll be bombarded with more than many new GIS terms this semester) COURSE REQUIREMENTS Quizzes You will have a weekly quiz over each week s assigned readings, i.e. the quiz given during week two will cover readings assigned for weeks one and two. You are not allowed to make up a missed quiz. Lab Assignments You will have twelve lab assignments during the semester. Each lab is due the following week at the beginning of class (see late work policy above). You will use ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 to complete the labs. No prior experience with this software is necessary, but experience with Windows is required. One lab will consist of data collection using a global positioning system (GPS) receiver and one with GPS data integration with GIS. We will reserve the last hour each Tuesday for lab work. You will have extra time reserved each week for lab work. Project Proposal The choice of topic is yours, but it must be approved by the instructor via a brief project proposal. It is a good idea to meet with the professor during office hours to discuss the project and project proposal. The proposal will consist of a report, maps and a concept map. Detailed instructions on the proposal as well as submission information for the assignment will be provided as we progress through the semester. Proposals are due October 19 th at 5:00 pm. You will submit your project proposal to the D2L Dropbox. The proposal will be checked for plagiarism using Turnitin. 3

4 Project Exams You will have a graded project in which you will demonstrate various aspects of what you have learned throughout the course. The project will consist of an original dataset, an analysis of a spatial pattern(s) or a spatial problem, an 8-10 page technical report, a complete project concept map and at least two maps displaying the project results. The choice of topic is yours, but it must be approved by the instructor via a brief project proposal. Detailed instructions and requirements for the project will be provided as the semester progresses. Projects are due November 30 th at 5:00 pm. You will submit your project to the D2L Dropbox for grading. The project will be checked for plagiarism using Turnitin. You will submit your dataset by providing your geodatabase and all appropriate.mxd files in your student drive in a folder called Project. The data set and project files (.mxd) saved in the Project folder must be fully functional. You will have two exams during the semester, a mid-term and a final. Exams will be a combination of multiple choice, short answer, and true/false questions. Exams will be taken online using D2L. The final exam is comprehensive. GRADING Assessment Number Points Each Points Quizzes Lab Assignments Project Proposal Project Midterm Exam Final Exam Total Points 1,000 Grading Scale A = points B = points C = points D = points F = 599 and below FINAL EXAM Section: Exam Day and Time: CRN Tuesday, December 11 th, 1:00 pm - 2:50 pm ACCOMODATIONS ADA Statement: The University of Central Oklahoma complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who need special accommodations should make their request by contacting Disability Support Services at

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6 COURSE OUTLINE (dates subject to change) Week Topic Reading Assignment 1 (Aug 21/23) Introduction to GIS Ch 1, (GTK Ch 1) 2 (Aug 28/30) ArcMap User Interface & Georeferencing Ch 2, (GTK Ch 2) 3 (Sep 4/6) Raster and Vector Models (Sep 11/13) GIS Hardware and Software Ch 11 5 (Sep 18/20) Data Acquisition, GPS, and Aerial Image Interpretation Ch 3 6 (Sep 25/27) GIS and Cartography Ch 10 7 (Oct 2/4) Data Quality Ch 4 8 (Oct 9/11) Midterm Oct 9 th no reading No Class Oct 11 th FALL BREAK Oct 11 th 9 (Oct 16/18) The Geodatabase & Creating New Data (GTK Ch 14) Project Proposal due Oct 19 th 5:00 pm 10 (Oct 23/25) Data Editing & Topology GTK Ch 15, (Oct 30/Nov 1) Attribute Management & Database Query (Nov 6/8) Spatial Analysis of Vector and Raster Data Ch 6 13 (Nov 13/15) Spatial Analysis of Vector and Raster Data (continued) Ch 6 14 (Nov 20/22) Geocoding No Class Nov 22 nd THANKSGIVING BREAK 15 (Nov 27/29) Future Considerations & Project Work Time Ch 12 Project due Nov 30 th 5:00 p.m. 16 (Dec 4/6) Graduate Student Presentations no reading Final Exam Review 17 (Dec 11) FINALS WEEK Final Exam Tuesday, December 11 th, 1:00 2:50 pm 6

7 LAB OUTLINE (dates subject to change) Week Lab Exercise GTK ArcGIS 1 (Aug 23) no lab no lab 2 (Aug 30) Lab 1: Exploring ArcMap Ex 3a,b,c 3 (Sep 6) Lab 2: ArcCatalog Ex 4a,b,c 4 (Sep 13) Lab 3: Data Symbology Ex 5a,b,c,d 5 (Sep 20) Lab 4: Querying Ex 8a,b,10a,b 6 (Sep 27) Lab 5: Map Layouts Ex 19a,b,c,d 7 (Oct 4) Lab 6: Feature Classification Ex 6a,b,c,d 8 (Oct 11) no lab no lab No Class Oct 11 th FALL BREAK 9 (Oct 18) Lab 7: Building Geodatabases From Instructor 10 (Oct 25) Lab 8: Creating New Data Ex 15a,b 11 (Nov 1) Lab 9: Final Project Progress Progress Lab 12 (Nov 8) Lab 10: Editing Features and Attributes Ex 16a,b,c 13 (Nov 15) Lab 11: Joining and Relating Tables Ex 9a,b 14 (Nov 22) no lab no lab No Class Nov 22 nd THANKSGIVING BREAK 15 (Nov 29) Lab 12: Analyzing Feature Relationships Ex 12 a,b,c 16 (Dec 6) Graduate Student Presentations & Final Exam Review no lab 17 (Dec 11) FINALS WEEK Final Exam Tuesday, Dec 11 th, 1:00 2:50 pm 7