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Sunday, November 22, 2009
EVR 4934/5935 Advanced GIS and Environmental Data Analysis  
 
 
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Location:                      GL 274 at Green Library          Time:    TTH 5:00-6:15 pm

Instructor:                     Keqi Zhang                              Office:  MARC 360

Email:                           zhangk@fiu.edu                        Office Hours:    TTH 1:30-3:30

Course Description:

This course is a continuation of the introductory course on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Data Analysis.  GIS is an important tool for organizing, analyzing, and displaying the data related to the environment, land/resource management, and planning activities.  The geodatabase and geoprocessing are the foundation for many GIS applications and projects.  The course will cover GIS project planning, geospatial database design, and geoprocessing methods in GIS for querying, reporting, analyzing, and presenting spatial data.  The class includes both lectures on theory and hand-on exercises using Geodatabase, ArcCatalog, ArcToolbox, and ArcMap in ESRI’s ArcGIS.  The class also includes a GIS project which involves applying the theory of geodatabase and geoprocessing to real world cases.

Prerequisites:

Students should have completed the introductory GIS courses successfully in order to take this course.  Students should be familiar with basic GIS concepts, techniques, and ESRI ArcGIS software.  If students have equivalent knowledge and experience on GIS, but have not taken the introductory GIS course at FIU, they need to contact the instructor to receive permission.

Introductory GIS courses at FIU include:

EVR 5050:                   Introduction to GIS and Environmental Data Analysis

GEO 4994                   Application of Geographic Information Systems

CGN 4321/5320          Introduction to GIS for Civil and Environmental Engineering

IRN4931                     Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

URS 6930                    GIS Applications in Policy Management

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Grading  
 
 
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There are no exams for this course and the grade will based on:
  • Attendance:    10%
  • Homework:      50%
  • Term Project:  40%

 

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Schedule  
 
 
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1    Introduction to ArcGIS

2    Coordinate system and datum

3    Map projection

4    Exercise 1: ArcGIS review  (Homework 1) 

5    Relational database basics

6    Geoprocessing: model builder & scripting I

7    Geoprocessing: model builder & scripting II

8    Exercise 2: model builder

9    Introduction to geodatabase

10    Geodatabase spatial reference (Homework 1 due)

11    Build a geodatabase (Homework 2)

12    Exercise 3: build a geodatabase

13    Domain and subtype

14    Exercise 4: create domain and subtype

15    Relationship class in geodatabase (Homework 2 due)

16    Exercise 5: create and edit relationships (Homework 3)

18    Create geodatabase schema using CASE tool

19    Exercises 6&7: create geodatabase schema using Visio

20    Exercise 8: populate geodatabase 

21    Topology in geodatabase I (Homework 4)

22    Topology in geodatabase II

23    Exercise 9: topology

24    Network Analysis

25    Exercise 10: network analysis (Homework 4 due)

26    GIS Project Implementation I

27    GIS Project Implementation II

28    Project presentation

29    Project presentation

                                                Project due in the final week
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