Labs
Because this is an introductory class, the labs will be pretty explicitly hand-holdy. Make sure you take a second and read the instructions and digest what it is they are asking you to do. If you are more computer savvy or otherwise technically inclined, feel free to try and guess or intuitively feel out the instructions instead. At the end of the day, these are just computers so the consequences of a bad input combination or operation are easily recoverable. These labs follow the class lecture. While only a few are directly cumulative, they do progressively become more involved as the semester progresses.
Several of these labs are gratefully pilfered and modified from labs in Bradley A. Shellito’s Introduction to Geospatial Technologies
This lab uses a few different software:
- Google Earth, A pretty straightforward installation with nothing special to it.
- ArcPro & QGIS, GIS software can be difficult to correctly install. This page will help get you over most of those hurdles should you encounter an error.
- Google Earth engine, which requires Google approval an will need to be applied for prior to Lab 9.
- A photo viewer. Although the default photo viewer will suffice, if you want a more robust option I use IRFANVIEW (Windows only, sorry mac)
It will be covered more in class, but unless explicitly stated otherwise labs will be due a week after the lab session meets.
- Lab 01 - Computer basics
- Lab 02 - Introduction to Google Earth Pro
- Lab 03 - Coordinates and Position Measurements
- Lab 04 - GPS
- Lab 05 - GIS introduction
- Lab 06 - spatial analysis
- Lab 07 - Digital Terrain Analysis
- Lab 08 - Map making
- Lab 09A - 3D Modeling and Visualization
- Lab 09B - Cloud based GIS
- Lab 10 - Visual Imagery Interpretation
- Lab 11 - Remotely Sensed Imagery and Color Composites
- Lab 12 - Landsat 8 Imagery
- Lab 13 - Earth Observing Missions Imagery
- Lab 14 - Final Lab activity