Geography 316: Fundamentals of GIS (GEOG 316, section 002)

Class day/time: Mon & Wed. 1:50-3:10pm GIS Lab IE 301
Term: Fall 2008
Instructor: Pat Kambesis
Office hours: M-W 10-Noon
Office: EST 401
Phone: 270-745-3961
Email: pat.kambesis@wku.edu
Website: http://www.wku.edu/~pat.kambesis/

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  1. Week 1 - Aug. 25-29, 2008 You should have sent following assignments to instructor via email

  2. Aug. 25: HTML tutorial 1 Answer all questions

  3. Aug. 27: HTML tutorials 3, 4 Answer questions

    Week 2 - September 2-5, 2008
    These three assignments should be posted on your website.

  4. HTML tutorial #6 and #8a - you will need to do this in order to learn how to post your assignments on your webpage. Answer questions at end of these tutorials.

  5. File Management Assignment (download the following files)
    Part I: Word Document with directions Zipped data file.Download this to your file folder and
    unzip it by double clicking the file
    For this assigment, fill in the blanks or answer questions in the word document. Post that document your website by Monday, September 7, 2008 by Noon

  6. Part II: Using ArcCatalog (this assignment was handed out in class. It should be posted on your website by Monday September 8, 2008 by Noon) GIS Data and map files.Download this to your file folder and unzip it by double clicking the file. Answer all questions or fill in blanks on a work document (use complete sentences please) and then post this document to your website by Monday, September 7, 2008 by Noon

Week 3 - September 8-12, 2008Due Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Please double click here to download the assignment. Instructor should either have, or have access to the following:

  1. Tuturial 16 - Answer all questions & send to instructor via email.
  2. ArcCatalog exercise: Answer questions in handout.

Week 4 - September 15-19, 2008
Please double click here for due dates and to download the assignment for this week.
The following should be posted on your website:

  1. Web tutorials 7, 7a, 8b, 8c, 12 - answer all questions at end of each tutorial.
  2. Questions 1-10 p. 63-74
  3. Questions 1-10 p.76-79
  4. Add a graphic and your email link to your website.
  5. Add a word document or link that defines, compares and contrasts raster vs vector and include an example of each.

Week 5 - September 22-26, 2008
Please double click here for due dates and to download the assignment for this week.
The following should be posted on your website:

  1. HTML tutorials 13, 14; answer questions at end.
  2. A separate HTML page to define and answer the questions from the handout. There should be a link to it on your page and there should be a navigation link on the datatype page back to your index page.
  3. Arcmap tutorial with screen shots as per handout.
  4. p. 90, questions 1-10

Week 6- September 29-October 3
Please double click here for due dates and to download the assignment for this week.
The following should be posted on your website:

  1. Web tutorials 18, 19 - all questions
  2. Questions on p. 119
  3. Fill in blanks (use the full sentences) with 5 screen shots from p. 120-124.
Week 7, October 6-12 Exam 1
Project 1

Week 8- October 13-17

  1. Please double click here for due dates and to download the assignment for this week.

Week 9 - October 20-24

  1. Please double click here for due dates and to download the assignment for this week.