GISC 2011 - Geographic Information Science
Contents
1 Lectures
- Lecture 1: Introduction to GIS
- Exercise 1: ArcGIS Online web map
- Homework 1: 1aweb map
- Lecture 2: Coordinate systems and data types in GIS
- Exercise 2: State plane and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projections
- Exercise 3: What happens if you create features in the wrong projection?
- Exercise 4: Gnomonic and Mercator projections for navigation
- Exercise 5: How to create population maps in ArcMap (pending update to ArcGIS Pro)join, add field, field calculation, import symbology, swipe
- Homework 2: 2cextrude
- Lecture 3: GIS data models
- Homework 3: 3aselect, export
- Exam 1: Part 1 written and part 2 analysis
- Lecture 4: GIS databases
- Exercise 6: Revisit 3adefinition query
- Exercise 7: Global spatial autocorrelation test of obesityglobal Moran’s $I$, $p$-value
- Project proposal
- Exercise 8: NLCD statistics by countydata conversion, reprojection
- Lecture 5: GIS data encoding
- Lecture 6: GIS data analysis 1
- Exercise 10: Schools close to major roadsbuffer
- Exercise 11: Monthly average precipitation of a schoolThiessen polygons
- Exercise 12: Fire stations within the urban areaintersect
- Exercise 13: Fire stations outside the urban areaerase
- Exercise 14: Urban areas or countiesunion
- Home exercise 1: 8a–8dkernel density, hot spot analysis
- Lecture 7: GIS data analysis 2
- Exercise 15: NLCD reclassificationreclassify
- Exercise 16: DEM reclassificationreclassify
- Exercise 17: Major NLCD classes within a radiusfocal statistics
- Exercise 18: Major NLCD classes by census blockfocal statistics
- Exercise 19: Slopeslope
- Exercise 20: Aspectaspect
- Exercise 21: Hillshadeaspect
- Exercise 22: Solar radiationarea solar radiation
- Exercise 23: Line of sightline of sight
- Exercise 24: Viewshedviewshed
- Exam 2: Part 1 written and part 2 analysis
- Exercise 25: Exam 2 Part 2
- Lecture 8: GIS process models
- Exercise 26: House huntingcost distance, raster calculator, multi-criteria evaluation
- Lecture 9: Global positioning systems
- Lecture 10: GIS data quality
- Exam 3 (all lectures, written)
- Exercise 27: Flow accumulation
- Exercise 28: Stream network delineation
- Exercise 29: Watershed delineation
2 Past materials
3 Past projects
3.1 Spring 2020
- A spatial analysis of snare placement and patrol efforts in Kable National Park by Gabriel Scroggs, Spring 2020
- Breakdown and comparison of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections for the state of Georgia by Natalie Copeland, Spring 2020
- Conveying traffic accident risk through Esri’s ArcGIS software and other applications by Brock Davis, Spring 2020
- Reintroduction of wolves and the effect on forest growth in Yellowstone National Park by Madison Deese, Spring 2020
- Southern pine beetles effect on Georgia forest in Georgia 2016 by Preston Chandler, Spring 2020
3.2 Spring 2019
- Determining danger placed upon watersheds by non-point source pollution by Katherine Perry, Spring 2019
- Investigating environmental injustice in Georgia by Katelynn Comer, Spring 2019
- Mississippi delta term project - Poverty, median household income, graduation rates, and geographic dynamics by Jackson Birt, Spring 2019
- Non-native kudzu on the wild and scenic Chattooga River by Molly Dougherty, Spring 2019
- Population and land usage by Patience Jones, Spring 2019
- Poverty and crime in Georgia by Jakob Bullwinkle, Spring 2019
- The future sound impact to local communities by SpaceX’s proposed Boca Chica launch facility by Stephen South, Spring 2019
- Weather and tourism by Samuel Dilidili, Spring 2019
3.3 Fall 2018
- Drought impact on Georgia’s economy and agriculture by Josh Henley, Fall 2018
- Population growth and carbon emissions in Georgia by Jennifer McCollum, Fall 2018
- Suitability of transportation expansions pertaining to residents of the city of Atlanta & metro Atlanta by Tyler Henderson, Fall 2018
- Using unmanned UAV multispectral image analysis for tree by Parker Goins, Fall 2018