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SYLLABUS

University of Utah, Topics in Geography, Spring Quarter 1997

GEOG393-593 GPS – GIS

 

TEXT

Natural Resources Canada, 1993. GPS Positioning Guide, a user’s guide to the Global Positioning System, second printing 1995, Ottawa: Geodetic Survey Division, Geomatics, Canada, 110-p.

 

SCHEDULE

Session

Date

Content

LINK

1

4/2/97

Logistics, expectations, assignments

Introduction to GPS – GIS, brief history

4/2/97

2

4/9/97

Positioning basics

Geoid, ellipsoid, datums, projections

DEMO: a) GPS equipment, b) GIS software

4/9/97

3

4/16/97

Elements of GPS

GPS systems, signals, code, SA, corrections

DEMO: GPS for navigation, recreation

4/16/97

4

4/23/97

GPS for data collection, project planning

Data dictionaries

DEMO: a) how to collect data b) how to post-process

4/23/97

5

4/30/97

GPS Issues: error and GPS

Class presentations

4/30/97

6

5/7/97

GPS – GIS applications

Class presentations

5/7/97

7

5/14/97

GPS – GIS issues: integrating other data types

Class presentations

5/14/97

8

5/21/97

GPS – GIS applications

Class presentations

5/21/97

9

5/28/97

GPS into the future

Trouble-shooting GPS – GIS problems

DEMO: how to submit reports on the www

5/28/97

10

6/4/97

Presentations of GPS – GIS Team projects

6/4/97

 

 

GRADES (No mid-term, no final)

%

I=individual, T=team

Class participation, care of equipment, etc.

3

I

datalog

4/2

Questionnaire in-class

2

I

students

4/16

ArcView Assignment

5

I

arcassign

4/23

Data Dictionary Assignment 1

10

I

datad1

4/30

Data Dictionary Assignment 2

5

I

datad2

4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21

Presentations (15-minutes)

25

I

15min

5/7

Team project plan

5

T

project

6/4

Team project presentation

10

T

project

6/4

Team project critique

10

I

project

6/12

Paper (for GEOG393: Annotated Bibliography; for GEOG593 Annotated Bibliography plus paper on that topic).

25

I

paper

This class includes indoor- and out-of-doors demos. Please let me know any special circumstances that may affect your participation. Attendance is important, see Policies. Students with disabilities, see Policies. Weather, may be a problem; dress accordingly.

Last day to withdraw: May 9, 1997.