Required Texts
Ormsby, et al. Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press, 2001. ISBN: 1879102897.
Worboys, Michael F. GIS: A Computing Perspective. London, UK: Taylor & Francis, 1995. ISBN: 0748400656.
Monmonier, Mark. How to Lie with Maps. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1996. ISBN: 0226534200 (Hardcover). ISBN: 0226534219 (Paperback). (The 1991 first edition, ISBN: 0226534154, is also fine.)
Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, and Rhind. Geographic Information Systems and Science. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. ISBN: 0471892750.
Peng, and Tsou. Internet GIS. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. ISBN: 0471359238.
O'Sullivan, David, and David Unwin. Geographic Information Analysis. Hobokey, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. ISBN: 0471211761.
Readings from required texts will be referred to by the author's last name in the table below.
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| Lec 1 | Introduction to the Class and GIS GIS Principles and Methods WinAthena Introduction (Required for Students who did not do CRN Computing Orientation) |
NCGIA Core Curriculum in GIScience - Unit 2: What is GIS? Worboys. pp. 1-15. |
| Lab 1 | ArcGIS Basics (Introduction to ArcGIS, Paper Output) | Ormsby, et al. "Introducing ArcGIS Desktop." Chapter 2. ———. "Exploring ArcMap." Chapter 3. |
| Lec 2 | GIS Principles and Methods | Monmonier. "Elements of the Map." Chapter 2. ———. "Map Generalization: Little White Lies and Lots of Them." Chapter 3. Longley, et al. "Georeferencing." Chapter 4. Ormsby, et al. "Classifying features and rasters." Chapter 6. ———. "Labeling features." Chapter 7. |
| Lab 2 | Thematic Mapping in ArcMap (Symbolization, Exploratory Vs. Explanatory Mapping) | |
| Lec 3 | Database Fundamentals (Relational Basics, Queries, Joins), Coordinate Systems, and Projections | Worboys. pp. 45-61. Longley, et al. "Representing Geography." Chapter 3. Ferreira, J., Jr. "Database Management Tools for Planning." Journal of the American Planning Association (Winter 1990): 78-84. |
| Lab 3 | Database Operations in ArcGIS (Spatial Selection, Query Selection, Tabular Joins, Spatial Joins) | Ormsby, et al. "Data Queries." Chapter 8. ———. "Joining and relating tables." Chapter 9. |
| Lec 4 | More on Database Management: Introduction to SQL Geodatabase Handling One-to-Many Relationships | Worboys. pp. 61-67. Peng, and Tsou. pp. 230-237. |
| Lab 4 | Database Aggregation, SQL, and Charts | Ormsby, et al. "Building Geodatabases." Chapter 14. |
| Lec 5 | Creating and Maintaining Geospatial Databases | Longley, et al. "Geographic data modeling." Chapter 9. ———. "Creating and Maintaining Geospatial Databases." Chapter 11. Ormsby et al. "Creating features." Chapter 15. ———. "Editing features and attributes." Chapter 16. |
| Lec 6 | Making Sense of the Census | Monmonier. "Data Maps: Making Nonsense of the Census." Chapter 10 (Chapter 9 in the first edition). |
| Lab 5 | Obtaining and Using U.S. Census Data in ArcGIS | |
| Lec 7 | Spatial Analysis I (Vector-Based Methods) | Ormsby, et al. "Preparing data for analysis." Chapter 11. ———. "Analyzing spatial data." Chapter 12. |
| Lab 6 | Vector Spatial Analysis (Buffers, Polygon Overlay, Area Allocation, Using ArcTools) | Ormsby, et al. "Preparing data for analysis." Chapter 11. ———. "Analyzing spatial data." Chapter 12. |
| Lec 8 | Spatial Data Models and Spatial Analysis II (Raster, Network) | |
| Lab 7 | Raster Spatial Analysis (Interpolation, Raster Operations, Spatial Analyst) | |
| Lec 9 | Geocoding and Network Analysis Methods | Ormsby, et al. "Geocoding Addresses." Chapter 17. |
| Lab 8 | Address Matching and Geocoding | Ormsby, et al. "Geocoding Addresses." Chapter 17. |
| Lec 10 | Introduction to Internet GIS | Peng, and Tsou. "GIS, Internet GIS, and Distributed GIServices." Chapter 1. ———. "Technology Evolutions of Web Mapping." Chapter 4. |
| Lab 9 | ArcIMS (Optional) | Peng, and Tsou. "ArcIMS from ESRI." Chapter 8.2. |
| Lec 11 | Project Work | |
| Lec 12 | Test (In-class, Open-book) | |
| Lec 13-17 | Project Work |
Lecture 14 Notes by Cherie Abbanat, DUSP writing specialist, on "Creating Your 11.188/11.520 Presentation and Report." (PDF) |
| Lec 18-19 | Brief Project Presentations |