11.205 | Fall 2019 | Graduate

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

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