Introduction to Spatial Analysis

Calendar

WEEK #	TOPICS	ASSIGNMENTS GIVEN	ASSIGNMENTS DUE
0	Getting Started: Getting Familiar with the Lab Desktop Environment Setup Locker and Website Setup What is GIS?	Take-home exercise for week 0
1	Cartography and Map Design: Case Study: Power of Maps Map Design and Cartographic Standards	Take-home exercise for week 1	Take-home exercise for week 0
2	Spatial Data - Types, Structures, and Representation: Querying and Working with Tables Vector vs. Raster Nominal and Ordinal Data Geodatabases, Shapefiles, and formats Topology	Take-home exercise for week 2	Take-home exercise for week 1
3	Quantitative Mapping - Census Data and the ACS: History of Census / American Community Survey Census Geometry Calculating New Variables and Making New Table Fields Census Variables Estimation Methods	Problem set 1	Take-home exercise for week 2
4	Spatial Data Formats and Geoprocessing: Data Formats Concepts of Spatial Analysis Geoprocessing Tools (Buffer, Clip, Dissolve, Update, Union, etc.)	Problem set 2	Problem set 1
5	Geocoding and Address Finding - Beginning Raster Decision Making: What is Geocoding? Geocoding Process Terminology Geocoding Datasets Common Errors and Problems Guest lecture: Tim Reardon, MAPC		[Work on problem set 2]
6	Raster Decision Making and Suitability: Raster Data Format Map Algebra Overlay Suitability Analysis Decision Making and GIS	Take-home exercise for week 6	Problem set 2
7	Transition to 11.520		Take-home exercise for week 6