Aug 26 Brief course overview; Introduction to GIS and basic concepts of GIS; importance of maps with story-telling and examples, urban applications of GIS overview, introduction to ArcGIS Online: ArcGIS Online hands-on lab session Sep 2 Introduction to cartography; Thrower, Chapters Assignment 1 early history of cartography; introduction to Esri Community Analyst; using Community Analyst for demographic analysis (in-class exercise) Sep 9 Modern Cartography; Thrower, Chapters Assignment 2a) Esri – Introduction to Map Design Community Analyst for demographic analysis Peterson Chapters 1-3 Assignment 2b) - Esri Community Analyst for neighborhood housing market comparison Sep 16 NO CLASS MEETING Sep 23 High Standards: Best practices Peterson, Chapters for design of specific map 4-7 Pre- announced Quiz features Sep 30 NO CLASS MEETING Oct 7 Urban sustainability overview ; Assigned online Assignment 3 using GIS in the field of urban readings and excerpts sustainability overview and case studies of previous work: 1. Using GIS for assessing impacts of Green Infrastructure (GI) on urban microclimate and energy use mapping 2. Utilizing GIS for analyzing impacts of land use change on Greenhouse Gas emissions Exploring land use change with ArcGIS Desktop; downloading
Aug 26 Brief course overview; Introduction to GIS and basic concepts of GIS; importance of maps with story-telling and examples, urban applications of GIS overview, introduction to ArcGIS Online: ArcGIS Online hands-on lab session Sep 2 Introduction to cartography; early history of cartography; introduction to Esri Community Analyst; using Community Analyst for demographic analysis (in-class exercise) Thrower, Chapters Assignment 1 Sep 9 Modern Cartography; Introduction to Map Design Thrower, Chapters Peterson Chapters 1-3 Assignment 2a) – Esri Community Analyst for demographic analysis Assignment 2b) - Esri Community Analyst for neighborhood housing market comparison Sep 16 NO CLASS MEETING Sep 23 High Standards: Best practices for design of specific map features Peterson, Chapters 4-7 Pre- announced Quiz Sep 30 NO CLASS MEETING Oct 7 Urban sustainability overview ; using GIS in the field of urban sustainability overview and case studies of previous work: 1. Using GIS for assessing impacts of Green Infrastructure (GI) on urban microclimate and energy use mapping 2. Utilizing GIS for analyzing impacts of land use change on Greenhouse Gas emissions Exploring land use change with ArcGIS Desktop; downloading Assigned online readings and excerpts Assignment 3
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