CE608 - Spatial Analysis Techniques for Civil Engineering - Spring 2002

 

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Schedule

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Day

Topic

Readings

2 April

Introduction to course

B&M: Chpt 1; handout; P&K: Chpt 1:1-3

3 April

Data acquisition methods for terrain modeling – 1

Lab #1 – Terrain Surface Mapping and Analysis

B&M: Chpt 2; handout; P&K: Chpt 2:4-16; Chpt 4:26-27

4 April

Data acquisition methods for terrain modeling – 2

B&M: Chpt 3, 4

9 April

Photogrammetric methods of data acquisition

Handout; P&K: Chpt 4:26-48

10 April

Orthophotography

Lab #2 – Importing DEMs into ArcView

Handout; P&K: Chpt 4:38-48; B&M: Chpt 5:129-131

11 April

Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)  

Lab #1 due - 12 April

Handout; B&M: Chpt 5: 114-117; 121-129

16 April

Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)  

 

17 April

Surfaces from maps – 1

Lab #3 – Building a Base Map & a Point Coverage  

Procedure to get other HUC & RF1 files.

 Handout

18 April

Continuous surfaces from point data – 1  

Lab #2 due - 19 April

Handout; B&M: Chpt 5

23 April

Continuous surfaces from point data – 2

 

24 April

Watershed analysis – 1

Handout

25 April

Hydrologic modeling in GIS – 1  

Handout; Jenson & Domingue, 1988 article

30 April

Hydrologic modeling – 2 

Analysis of discrete entities in space

B&M: Chpt 7; Handout

1 May

ArcGIS Hydro Data Model

Geostatistics

Lab #4  – Hydrologic Modeling in ArcView

Handout

B&M: Chpt 6; Handout

2 May

Midterm Exam  

Lab #3 Due - 3 May

 

7 May

Errors and quality control

Handout; B&M: Chpt 9  

8 May

GIS models and modeling

Lab #5 – GIS models and modeling

Handout; B&M: Chpt 6

9 May

Spatial analysis using continuous fields

Lab #4 Due – 10 May

Handout; B&M: Chpt 8  

14 May

Out of town – TBD

 

15 May

Out of town – TBD

 

16 May

Out of town – TBD

 

21 May

Spatial interpolation

Handout; B&M: Chpt 6

22 May

Bathymetric mapping 

Lab #6 – Spatial interpolation

Soils codes information for Franklin County (frangrids) - Word format or Excel format

Handout

23 May

Introduction to BASINS  

Lab #5 Due – 24 May

Handout

28 May

Network and dynamic segmentation

Handout; B&M: 3: 44-50; 7:180-181

29 May

Network and dynamic segmentation

 

30 May

Introduction to HEC-RAS; Land cover & soils information

Handout

4 June

Student presentations

 

5 June

Student presentations

 

6 June

Review for Final Exam  

Final project paper due – 7 June

 

11 June

Final Exam – 7:30-9:18 a.m.  

Lab#6 Due – 13 June