As indicated in the files, the lecture notes below are based, primarily or in part, on notes compiled by Visiting Prof. Zhong-Ren Peng in Fall 2003. All materials courtesy of the faculty named and used with permission.
Lecture notes files.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
LECTURE NOTES |
| Lec 1 |
Introduction to the Class and GIS
GIS Principles and Methods
WinAthena Introduction (Required for Students who did not do CRN Computing Orientation) |
Overview of Course, GIS Principles, Elements of Maps, ArcGIS Basics (PDF) |
| Lec 2 |
GIS Principles and Methods |
GIS Principles and Methods (PDF) |
| Lec 3 |
Database Fundamentals (Relational Basics, Queries, Joins), Coordinate Systems, and Projections |
More GIS Principles and Methods: Projections and Coordinate Systems (PDF) |
| Lec 4 |
More on Database Management: Introduction to SQL
Geodatabase
Handling One-to-Many Relationships |
Relational Databases and GIS Data Models (PDF) |
| Lec 5 |
Creating and Maintaining Geospatial Databases |
Relational Databases (PDF) |
| Lec 6 |
Creating and Maintaining Geospatial Databases (cont.) |
Making Sense of the Census (PDF) |
| Lec 7 |
Creating and Maintaining Geospatial Databases (cont.) |
Spatial Analysis (Vector Models) (PDF) |
| Lec 8 |
Creating and Maintaining Geospatial Databases (cont.) |
Spatial Data Models: Spatial Analysis II (Raster Models) (PDF) |
| Lec 9 |
Geocoding and Network Analysis Methods |
Geocoding and Network Analysis (PDF) |
| Lec 10 |
Geocoding and Network Analysis Methods (cont.) |
Introduction to Internet GIS and ArcIMS (PDF) |
| Lec 11 |
Project Work |
Internet GIS using Web Services and Project Feedback (PDF) |
| Lec 13 |
Project Work |
Creating Your 11.188/11.520 Presentation and Report - Cherie Miot Abbanat (PDF) |
| Lec 15 |
Project Work |
Terrain Models, Cartograms, 3D and Course Wrap-up (PDF) |