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Syllabus (updated 12/13/2007)

Week 1 (Sept. 5)

Introduction to course & Geomatics

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 1

Week 2 (Sept. 10)

GIS as the framework, sources of data

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 2

Week 3 (Sept. 17)

Data models

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 2

Week 4 (Sept. 24)

Geodesy: Coordinate Systems & Projections

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 3

(class exercise 1)

Week 5 (Oct. 1)

Monday 10/1: Guest Lecture: Dr. David Tulloch "Institutionalizing the Science of GI"

Weds 10/3 MANDATORY attendance required: Location here

"Visual Stimulation of the City: New Technologies for Modelling, Visualization, and Participation"
Michael Batty, Ph.D., University College London
The GEOMATICS LECTURE

A sign in sheet will be passed around during this lecture.

Week 6 (Oct. 8)

Data Sources - Data Entry/Digital Data

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 4 & 7

Week 7 (Oct. 15)

Mon 10/15: Review session

1st MIDTERM Wednesday 10/17

Week 8 (Oct. 22)

Data Entry/Digital Data

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 4 & 7

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 6 - Air Photo Section

Week 9 (Oct. 29)

Guest Lecture: "The Enterprise Data Management thing: A discussion on how the heck you maintain statewide data sets with 566 freaking municipal governments all being responsible for the information..." Led by Andy Rowan, Director OGIS, State of New Jersey

Aerial Photography wrap up; Remote Sensing II:

Satellite Imagery; Introduction to sources

Remote Sensing I; Aerial Photography

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 6 - Satellite Imagery Section

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 9

Week 10 (Nov. 5)

Remote Sensing II

Weds 11/7: Guest Lecture Dr. Rick Lathrop "The Arctic Search for the Red Knot"

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 9, 10

Week 11 (Nov. 12)

The Global Positioning System

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 5

review session WEDS 11/15

Week 12 (Nov. 19)

Monday 11/19 - 2nd MIDTERM

NO WEDS CLASS

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Week 13 (Nov 27)

Spatial Analysis

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 9, 10

 

Week 14 (Dec. 3)

Spatial Analysis II

Guest Lecture(s): David Tulloch: Backsights & Forethoughts: Some thoughts on Digital Stewardship and Landscape Architecture

Former Geomatics Student: Peter Hugger - Co-ops in Environmental Geomatics, One Students Experiences

 

Week 15 (Dec 10)

Spatial Models & Modeling

Reading: Bolstad, Chapter 13

Review for Final

Final exam is cumulative, questions from both exams may be used as well as new questions from old material and new questions from new material.

Week 16 (Dec 17)

FINAL December 20th 4 - 7 pm

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New Brunswick, NJ USA 08901-8551
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