Introduction to GEOINT -- GEOG111

This is a living document. Changes will be announced in class.

Instructor: Jim Coll
Office: 404C Lindley Hall
Email: jcoll@ku.edu
Office Hours: day from time-time & day from time-time or by appointment

Class Meetings: Monday 2:00 — 4:30 pm
Class Room: Lindley 228

Labs: Wednesday or Thursday 11:00 — 12:50 pm
Lab Room: Lindley 310

Announcements and mics:

Hello all!
My name is Jim Coll and I am your instructor for the semester. A few notes for you pertain to how I run this course. Although the KU blackboard site will be the “official” site for this class and the place you submit all work to, I use this site here for the benefit of all and my own selfish desire to streamline my digital footprint. I will keep both sites as identical as possible when double posting material (e.g. the syllabus and course schedule), but in case of a conflict treat this version as the most recent. Use the navigation table to the left to find the syllabus, labs, and other documents. I have made myself as available to you as I can so feel free to find me via:

  • Email
  • Class slack channel
  • Cornering me in the hallway

Below you’ll find the course outline and slides as appropriate. I look forward to an exciting, productive, and stimulating semester with you all.
Best,
Jim

Tentative Course Outline:

To help us stay on track, I have pinned the semester schedule below with the relevant lectures, tasks, due dates, and other important institutional dates: Note that this is a living timeline subject to change.
Date Topic Weekly Activity Due Lab University Dates
Week 1 2/2 Syllabus Day Reading: Lecture notes Spatial skills pretest & Computer basics  
2/4 What is GIS & GEOINT   Assignment: Current event report  
Week 2 2/9 GEOINT, GIS, and Ethics Reading: Lecture notes Intro to Google Earth Pro  
2/11 GEOINT in US Government Assignment: Careers in GEO  
Week 3 2/16 Datums and Coordinate Systems Reading: Lecture notes Coordinates and Position Measurements  
2/18 Projections and spatial references Assignment: Favorite projection  
Week 4 2/23 Geospatial data sources, data types Reading: Lecture notes GPS  
2/25 Data sources & collection methods Assignment: Field relevant data  
Week 5 3/2 Review   GIS introduction  
3/4 Exam 1    
Week 6 3/9 Introduction to GIS   GIS spatial analysis  
3/11 Spatial Analysis (vector)    
Week 7 3/16 Spatial Analysis (raster)   Digital Terrain Analysis  
3/18 Terrain Analysis    
Week 8 3/23 Map making and visualization   Map making  
3/25 Cloud computation    
Week 9 3/30 Review   Cloud GIS  
4/1 Exam 2    
Week 10 4/6 Introduction to remote sensing   Visual Imagery Interpretation  
4/8 Remote Sensing Principals    
Week 11 4/13 Digital Image Science   Remotely Sensed Imagery and Color Composites  
4/15 Introduction to image interpretation Assignment: Current event report  
Week 12 4/20 Airborne systems   Landsat 8 Imagery  
4/22 Satellite systems Assignment: Image interpretation  
Week 13 4/27 Remote Sensing applications   Earth-Observing Missions Imagery  
4/29 Remote Sensing applications Assignment: Favorite satellite  
Week 14 5/4 Flex day   Spatial skills test  
5/6 Review    
Finals 5/12 In person final