LA221 Readings - Fall 2008


Text references cited below
Week Dates Topic Readings
1 8/29  Modelling within GIS - an Overview supplemental

Short review of Spatial Data models
Bolstad, Ch.s 1-3 
Beyond Mapping: Meeting National Needs Through Enhanced Geographic Information Science

9/2 NATIONAL PLANNING SCENARIOS: 
Created for Use in National, Federal, State, and Local Homeland Security Preparedness Activities
Executive Summaries:

Full Document:
 

2 9/4 Arc 9.x Environment
Spatial Data Structures
supplemental
Bolstad, Ch 13. 
Using_spatial_Analyst.pdf, pp 135 – 148.
3 9/18 Spatial Interpolation and Prediction
Spatial Interpolation and Surfaces
Generating a surface
supplemental
Using__3D_Analyst.pdf
9/18 Guest Lecture - Howard Foster  WebGIS
4 9/25 Spatial Analysis in GIS
Suitability Analysis
Bolstad, Ch. 9 
McHarg, I., Design with Nature, pp. 31 - 42, A step forward. 
Berry, J.K., Map Analysis: Topics 22 and 23 
5 10/2 ArcWorkstation (ArcInfo)
6 10/9 ArcWorkstation (ArcInfo)
7 10/16  Finding GIS Data Online
8 10/23  Modeling within GIS Bolstad, Ch. 12 
Radke, J.,"Detecting Potential Erosion Threats to the Coastal Zone: St. John, USVI" International Journal of Marine Geodesy,  1997, Vol 20, pp 235-254
Using_ArcMap.pdf, chapter 16
9 10/30  Fire Spread Models Modeling Urban/Wildland Interface Fire Hazards
10 11/6
11 11/13
12 11/20
13 11/27 Some Links to some help files for processing: 
1) depressions or sinks in the wetland
2) adding Z-values to data draped on a surface.
14 12/4

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