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Welcome to the Geographic Information Systems course website. This site acts as the course page for WATS 4930, 4931, 6920, 6921 and 6900 (see here for description of different courses; or here for how to enroll).

Enrolled & Past Students:

This website is the primary distribution point of information for the above-mentioned courses. We will use Canvas for submitting assignments and tracking your grades, but this open-access site will be our main hub of all other information. As such, you will have a resource you can return to after you are done with the course.

Recent Announcements

  • Project Class (WATS 4931/6921) Will Meet in QL222 For the next five weeks, we will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:30 - 12:00 on the second floor of the Quinney Library (QL222).  See you there.
    Posted Apr 2, 2013, 8:30 AM by Shannon Wing Belmont
  • Lab 10 data now available! Hi everybody~We have posted the blimp photos and CSV file to the Lab 10 webpage.  Reminder: lab 10 is due April 5th by 5pm. This is also the final ...
    Posted Mar 25, 2013, 8:35 AM by Shannon Wing Belmont
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Nice Maps by Your Peers

  • To view all of your peer's websites for this course, see here.
  • Spring 2013 Great Maps Lab 10! Michel Kohl did an excellent job on this lab! Michel not only understands the importance of georeferencing  but also was able to display and explain the data being displayed.  Using ...
    Posted Apr 2, 2013, 9:10 AM by Thomas Thompson
  • Spring 2013 Great Maps Lab 9! Dave Iles did an excellent job for this lab!  He utilized the three raster datasets to accurately analyze the percent of the slope, vegetation type, and  distance to water. What ...
    Posted Mar 26, 2013, 12:01 PM by Thomas Thompson
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Reading Assignments

  • Check here regularly for reading assignments associated with lectures.
  • Reading for Thursday, March 21st Read Chapter 11 on Terrain Analysis from Bolstad (2008).
    Posted Feb 14, 2013, 8:39 AM by Joe Wheaton
  • Reading for Thursday February 7th, 2013 Finish reading the following by Thursday, February 7th, 2013 (before lecture): Read Chapter 9 of Bolstad (2008) on 'Basic Spatial Analysis' Read the whole thing.... pp 321-378.
    Posted Jan 31, 2013, 9:14 AM by Joe Wheaton
  • Reading for Thursday, January 23rd On Thursday we'll start talking about Geoprocessing. Please read the following ESRI help topics: What is Geoprocessing? A Quick Tour of Geoprocessing in Arc Essential Geoprocessing Vocabulary Using the ...
    Posted Jan 21, 2013, 6:56 PM by Joe Wheaton
  • Reading for Thursday, January 17th, 2013 Finish reading the following by Thursday, January 17, 2012 (before lecture): Although Bolstad's chapter is a nice generic review, it is actually more helpful to talk specifically about the ...
    Posted Jan 14, 2013, 3:07 PM by Joe Wheaton
  • Reading for Tuesday, January 15th Finish reading the following by Tuesdsay, January 15, 2013 (before lecture):Read the following from Chapter Three (Map Projections & Coordinate Systems) of Bolstad (2005) skim pp 70-72 (early measurements ...
    Posted Jan 7, 2013, 2:16 PM by Joe Wheaton
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