Lecture Notes

As indicated in the files, the lecture notes below are based, primarily or in part, on notes compiled by Visiting Prof. Zhong-Ren Peng in Fall 2003. All materials courtesy of the faculty named and used with permission. SES # TOPICS Introduction to the Class and GIS GIS Principles and Methods Lec 1 WinAthena Introduction (Required for Students who did not do CRN Computing Orientation) GIS Principles and Methods Database Fundamentals (Relational Basics, Queries, Joins), Coordinate Systems, and Projections More on Database Management: Introduction to SQL Lec 4 Geodatabase Handling One-to-Many Relationships Lec 5 Creating and Maintaining Geospatial Databases Relational Databases (PDF) Relational Databases and GIS Data Models (PDF) Overview of Course, GIS Principles, Elements of Maps, ArcGIS Basics (PDF) LECTURE NOTES

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GIS Principles and Methods (PDF) More GIS Principles and Methods: Projections and Coordinate Systems (PDF)

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SES # TOPICS Lec 6 Lec 7 Creating and Maintaining Geospatial Databases (cont.) Creating and Maintaining Geospatial Databases (cont.) Creating and Maintaining Geospatial Databases (cont.) Geocoding and Network Analysis Methods Geocoding and Network Analysis Methods (cont.) Project Work

LECTURE NOTES Making Sense of the Census (PDF) Spatial Analysis (Vector Models) (PDF) Spatial Data Models: Spatial Analysis II (Raster Models) (PDF) Geocoding and Network Analysis (PDF) Introduction to Internet GIS and ArcIMS (PDF) Internet GIS using Web Services and Project Feedback (PDF) Creating Your 11.188/11.520 Presentation and Report Cherie Miot Abbanat (PDF) Terrain Models, Cartograms, 3D and Course Wrap-up (PDF)

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Lec 9 Lec 10 Lec 11 Lec 13 Lec 15

Project Work

Project Work