Dr Ronald Briggs GR 3.212

972-883-6877 (o), 972-690-3442 (h)

briggs@utdallas.edu

http://www.utdallas.edu/~briggs/gisc6382.html

Office hours (in GR 3.212 or 3.206):

Tues/Wed 3-4; Thurs 6:30-7:00

& by appointment or drop-in

Spring 2005, Tue: 4:00-6:45 (GR 3.602) or Th. 7:00-9:45p.m (GR 3.206)

GISC 6382

Applied Geographic Information Systems

The intent of this course is to further develop hands-on skills in the use of industry-standard geographical information systems software beyond that acquired in GISC 6381 GIS Fundamentals, which is a pre-requisite for this course. In particular, it aims to make the transition from GIS as a descriptive, data management tool to GIS as an analytical research tool for drawing policy-relevant conclusions from vector data. To a degree, it is a companion course to GISC 6384 Spatial Analysis which focuses on raster data. Upon completion of Applied GIS, you should have a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of a modern GIS software environment and how to use it. This provides all the necessary applied skills to independently complete a GIS project including establishing objectives, reviewing literature and/or practices elsewhere, identifying, acquiring, converting and integrating the required data, creating GIS layers (themes) in multiple different formats, editing, correcting and modifying GIS layers, conducting geographic analyses, customizing applications, and drawing and presenting legitimate conclusions and results. These skills will be essential for completing work in other courses in the geographical information sciences curriculum at UTD and for conducting GIS projects “in the real world”.

The course will begin with an overviews of the ArcGIS software environment and then examine a series of topics critical to GIS implementation and use. Evaluation will be based upon a set of three assigned projects (one each broadly associated with Mapping, Editing, and Analysis, for a total of 30%), a fourth (final), student-selected research project (25%), and a hands-on computer based “late-term” exam (45%). Additionally, there will be seven smaller exercises which must be completed but will not be “handed-in” or graded. In all cases, students are expected to hand in work they have accomplished themselves. Because of the great variability possible with ArcGIS, no two student products should be identical or almost identical. You should be aware that assignments may require a substantial amount of work outside of class time. Some work will require use of the ARCInfo software level which is not available for use at home so this work must be conducted in the GIS lab on campus. Students who fail the hands-on exam will be given an opportunity to re-take the exam.

Books

O’Sullivan and David J. Unwin Geographic Information Analysis Hoboken, NJ: Wiley 2003 (referred to as O&U)

Zeiler, Modeling our World: The ESRI Guide to Database Design ESRI: Redlands, CA (as used in GISC 6383 GIS Management and Implementation)

Ormsby, et. al. Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop ESRI: Redlands, CA 2nd Edition (for ArcGIS 9) (as used in GISC 6381 GIS Fundamentals)

Course Timetable 2/15/05

(class topics may be modified but exam date will remain fixed)

Jan. 11/13 GIS Data Types, Map Projections and Data Management using ArcCatalog

Lab: Ex 1—Using ArcCatalog (ex1_arccat.doc)

Lecture/Demo: arcintro.ppt arccatalog.doc,

Reference/Reading: O&U pp1-17; Zeiler Chap. 1 Arccatalog.ppt geodatabase.ppt,

Jan. 28/20 Data Conversion, Map Projections, and Geoprocessing using ArcToolbox

Lab: Ex 2 see arctoolbox.doc

Lecture/Demo: arctoobox.ppt arctoolbox.doc

Reference/Reading: Zeiler Chap 3,4;

Jan 25/27 Analysis Concepts and Classic Spatial Data Manipulation using ArcMap

Lab: Project 1 Toxic Site Analysis (proj1_arcmap.doc)

Lecture/Demo: spatanal.ppt arcmap1.doc

Reference/Reading: O&U pp17-45; Zeiller Chap 2, 11; arcmap.ppt

Feb. 1/3 Analyzing Tables using ArcMap

Lab: Project 1 Toxic Site Analysis (contd)

Lecture/Demo: arcmap2.doc

Feb. 8/10 Georeferencing Project 1 due

Lab: Ex3—Georeferencing ex3_georef.doc

Lecture/Demo: georef.ppt georef.doc

Reference/Reading: O&U Chap. 10

Feb 15/17 CAD Conversion

Lab: Ex 4—CAD Conversion

Lecture/Demo: cad.ppt ex4_cad.doc

Reference/Reading: Zeiler Chap 5, 6, 7

Feb 22/24 Creating & Editing Geodata: Lines and Line Toplogy

Lab: Project 2 City Data Layer Creation (proj2_edit.doc)

Lecture/Demo: av9edit_lines.doc av9edit_topo.doc (from GISC 6381)

Reference/Reading: geodatabase.ppt, av9edit.doc (for polygons from GISC 6381), av9gdb.doc (from GISC 6383)

March 1/3 Networks and Network Modeling

Lab: Ex5—Networks (ex5_networks.doc)

Lecture/Demo: networks.ppt

Reference/Reading: Zeiler Chap. 8. O&U Chap. 6

March 8/9 Spring Break Begin Final Project!!!

Mar 15/17 Polygon Processing and Analysis Project 2 due

Lab: Project 3 Census Data Analysis

Lecture/Demo: proj3_polyanal.doc

Reference/Reading: O&U Chap. 3

Mar 22/24 Customizing ArcGIS:

Lab: Ex 6—Customization (ex6_custom.doc)

Lecture/Demo: custom.ppt

Reference/Reading:

Mar 29/31 Point Pattern Analysis and Spatial Statistics

Lab: ex7_spatstat.doc

Lecture/Demo: spatstat.ppt spatstat.xls

Reference/Reading: O&U Chap. 4,5,7 geoda_quicktour.pdf geoda_spauto.pdf crimestat_quicktour.pdf

Thur Apr 7 “Lateterm” Exam, both sections, 4:00pm or 7:00pm

April 12/14 Point Pattern Analysis and Spatial Statistics (contd.) Project 3 due

April 19/21 Surfaces and Surface Generation

Lab: Ex 8 Surfaces (ex8_surfaces.doc)

Lecture/Demo: surfaces.ppt

Reference/Reading: Zeiler Chap 10 O&U Chap. 8,9

Apr.26/28 Catch-up (if required) and make-up exam.

Mon May 2 Final Project due (1:00 pm)

Lab: what you will need to do individually during or after class

--if no document is listed, your assignment is included in the demo instructions

Lecture/Demo: what we will cover in class as a group

Reference/Reading: additional readings and reference materials

.doc files will usually be instructions for in class demos, exercises and projects

--documents with date of 2004 have not yet been updated for 2005

.ppt files will usually be short lectures used in class, or reference materials developed at UTD

.pdf files will usually be reference materials from other sources (e.g, from ESRI)

--all data are on the web at : http://wilbur.utdallas.edu/gisdata/g6382/

DataSets illustrative data

Exercise_data data used for class demos

info_materials additional information materials

--they can be accessed as Q:\g6382 in the lab. Create a CD of this folder to work at home. Update from web as needed.

--they are duplicated at p:\briggs\g6382, but the master will be Q:\