I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Advanced GPS/GIS
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NATR 2170
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
The objective of this class is to provide you with an advanced understanding of GIS software (ArcGIS 9.3) and GPS technology. The main emphasis will be on learning practical applications for the software. Lectures will provide examples of GIS techniques, how the processes work and for what applications they may be used. The laboratory will provide hands-on training to learn various GIS processes which will focus on collecting, organizing, managing, analyzing, and presenting spatial data.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NATR 2170 - Advanced GPS/GIS
All Credit(s) from the following...
Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
NATR 1280 | Introduction to GPS & GIS | 2 cr. |
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NATR 2170 - Advanced GPS/GIS
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
Name of Institution
|
Course Number and Title
|
Credits
|
U of M. Crookston
|
NatR 2630 Geographic Information Systems
|
3
|
U of W Steven’s Point
|
Geog 279
|
2
|
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
Name of Institution
|
Date of Acceptance
|
Discipline/Area/Program of Transfer
|
U of M Crookston
|
2008-2010
|
Geographic Information Systems
|
U of W Steven’s Point
|
2007-2009
|
Geography
|
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Name of Program(s)
|
Program Type
|
Natural Resources
|
AAS
|
Freshwater Studies
|
AS
|
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Assess alternative solutions to a problem |
Students will be able to look at different data sets related to and environmental study create maps that show the logistics of landscape. features and analyze the data and asses solutions for existing problems |
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Students will be able to Construct and build flow charts (more advanced than the previous class) that show a sequence of operations needed to complete a GIS Process. |
Utilize appropriate technology |
Students will be able to develop greater understanding of the this new technology for GPS and GIS to collect data from the field, create maps, and make assessments and conclusions from the information |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC Goal Area
|
Students will be able to assemble data information.
|
|
Students will be able to construct a small GIS database.
|
|
Students will be able to perform analyses with the data set.
|
|
Students will be able to put together a five minute power point presentation to showcase their project.
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
I. Refresher on GIS Use
A. Overview
B. Flow Charts
C. Disk Space
II. Hawths’s Analysis Tool Web Site
A. Readings and Assignments
|
III. Field Sampling and Planning
A. Creating Sampling Locations B. Data Sheets C. Reading and Assignments
|
IV. GPS Data For Field Sampling
A. Boom Lake Project B. Equipment C. Readings and Assignments
|
A. Readings and Assignments
|
V. Spatial Operations
A. Geoprocessing
B. Introduction to Metadata
C. Readings and Assignments
|
VI. Presidents Day – No Lecture
A. Readings and Assignments
|
VII. Spatial Operations and Geoprocessing
A. Introduction to Geoprocessing B. Readings and Assignments
|
VIII. Advanced Attribute Table Operations
A. Recalculating Area and Length B. Using Basic Scripts
|
IX. Raster Data: AKA Continuous Data
A. Viewing B. Downloading and Creating Raster Data C. Readings and Assignments
|
X. Spatial Analysis Using Continuous Data I
A. Using the Spatial analyst to Analyze and Display data
B. Readings and Assignments
|
XI. Spatial Data using Continuous Data II
A. Using 2d analyst to create raster data B. Using ArcScene to view and display data C. Readings and Assignments
|
XII. Additional Resources and Review
A. Readings and Assignments
|
XII. In Class review of GIS/GPS Procedures
A. Preparing for the Final
|
XIII. Lab Final Review
|
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
I. Flow Charts and Disk Space Management
|
II. Creating Sampling Locations and Data Sheets
|
III. In the Field - Boom Lake Project
|
IV. The ESRI Module – Geostatistical Analyst
|
V. In the Filed – Boom Lake
|
VI. Metadata Tips and Tricks
|
VII. Geoprocessing
|
VIII. Advanced Attribute Tables
|
IX. Viewing Downloading and Creating Raster Data
|
X. Using Spatial Analyst
|
XI. Using 3d
|
XII. Other Sources
|
XIII. Lab Quiz
|
XIV. Presentations
|
XV. Lab Final
|
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Advanced GPS/GIS
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NATR 2170
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
The objective of this class is to provide you with an advanced understanding of GIS software (ArcGIS 9.3) and GPS technology. The main emphasis will be on learning practical applications for the software. Lectures will provide examples of GIS techniques, how the processes work and for what applications they may be used. The laboratory will provide hands-on training to learn various GIS processes which will focus on collecting, organizing, managing, analyzing, and presenting spatial data.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NATR 2170 - Advanced GPS/GIS
All Credit(s) from the following...
Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
NATR 1280 | Introduction to GPS & GIS | 2 cr. |
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NATR 2170 - Advanced GPS/GIS
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
Name of Institution
|
Course Number and Title
|
Credits
|
U of M. Crookston
|
NatR 2630 Geographic Information Systems
|
3
|
U of W Steven’s Point
|
Geog 279
|
2
|
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
Name of Institution
|
Date of Acceptance
|
Discipline/Area/Program of Transfer
|
U of M Crookston
|
2008-2010
|
Geographic Information Systems
|
U of W Steven’s Point
|
2007-2009
|
Geography
|
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Name of Program(s)
|
Program Type
|
Natural Resources
|
AAS
|
Freshwater Studies
|
AS
|
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Students will be able to Construct and build flow charts (more advanced than the previous class) that show a sequence of operations needed to complete a GIS Process. |
Utilize appropriate technology |
Students will be able to develop greater understanding of the this new technology for GPS and GIS to collect data from the field, create maps, and make assessments and conclusions from the information |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC Goal Area
|
Students will be able to assemble data information.
|
|
Students will be able to construct a small GIS database.
|
|
Students will be able to perform analyses with the data set.
|
|
Students will be able to put together a five minute power point presentation to showcase their project.
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
I. Refresher on GIS Use
A. Overview
B. Flow Charts
C. Disk Space
II. Hawths’s Analysis Tool Web Site
A. Readings and Assignments
|
III. Field Sampling and Planning
A. Creating Sampling Locations B. Data Sheets C. Reading and Assignments
|
IV. GPS Data For Field Sampling
A. Boom Lake Project B. Equipment C. Readings and Assignments
|
A. Readings and Assignments
|
V. Spatial Operations
A. Geoprocessing
B. Introduction to Metadata
C. Readings and Assignments
|
VI. Presidents Day – No Lecture
A. Readings and Assignments
|
VII. Spatial Operations and Geoprocessing
A. Introduction to Geoprocessing B. Readings and Assignments
|
VIII. Advanced Attribute Table Operations
A. Recalculating Area and Length B. Using Basic Scripts
|
IX. Raster Data: AKA Continuous Data
A. Viewing B. Downloading and Creating Raster Data C. Readings and Assignments
|
X. Spatial Analysis Using Continuous Data I
A. Using the Spatial analyst to Analyze and Display data
B. Readings and Assignments
|
XI. Spatial Data using Continuous Data II
A. Using 2d analyst to create raster data B. Using ArcScene to view and display data C. Readings and Assignments
|
XII. Additional Resources and Review
A. Readings and Assignments
|
XII. In Class review of GIS/GPS Procedures
A. Preparing for the Final
|
XIII. Lab Final Review
|
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
I. Flow Charts and Disk Space Management
|
II. Creating Sampling Locations and Data Sheets
|
III. In the Field - Boom Lake Project
|
IV. The ESRI Module – Geostatistical Analyst
|
V. In the Filed – Boom Lake
|
VI. Metadata Tips and Tricks
|
VII. Geoprocessing
|
VIII. Advanced Attribute Tables
|
IX. Viewing Downloading and Creating Raster Data
|
X. Using Spatial Analyst
|
XI. Using 3d
|
XII. Other Sources
|
XIII. Lab Quiz
|
XIV. Presentations
|
XV. Lab Final
|