CSC222-3 2014: Geographic Information Systems

Topic outline

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  General

  • News forum
  • Syllabus for CSC222 Geographic Information Systems (PDF) File
  • Syllabus for CSC222 Geographic Information Systems (HTML) URL

    Here is  a link to a Web page that contains our syllabus.

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  Week 1

  • United States Census Bureau 2010 TIGER/Line Shapefiles URL
  • Iowa Department of Natural Resources: Mapping and GIS URL
  • United States Geological Survey: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center URL
  • Trailer for "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga" URL
  • Trailer for "The Way Back" URL
  • Trailer for "To Breathe as One" URL
  • YouTube video: "The Blackfly Song" URL
  • Briefing from U.S. Corps of Engineers (30 minute YouTube video) URL
  • how to prepare your bibliography Page
  • Stories about Burma (Myanmar) Page
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  Week 2

  • Quiz for Monday, November 3 (LaTeX) File
  • Quiz for Monday, November 3 (PDF) File
  • Notes for Tuesday, November 4 (LaTeX) File
  • Notes for Tuesday, November 4 (PDF) File
  • Quiz for Wednesday, November 5 (PDF) File
  • Tips for LaTeX (PDF) File
  • Quiz for Thursday, November 6 (PDF) File
  • Project/Paper Specification Page

    Requirements for projects/papers.

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  Week 3

  • Anniversary of the opening of theBerlin Wall Page
  • Template for making slides (LaTeX) File
  • Example of slides created with LaTeX/Beamer (PDF) File
  • Quiz for Tuesday, November 11 (PDF) File
  • Quiz for Wednesday, November 12 (PDF) File
  • Collaborative writing (PDF) File
  • Sources of error (PDF) File
  • Notes for Friday, November 14 (PDF) File
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  Week 4

  • Practice Examination for Monday, November 17 (PDF) File
  • Practice Examination for Tuesday, November 18 (PDF) File
  • Examination for Wednesday, November 19 (LaTeX) File