Geospatial Analysis and Modeling: Introduction

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Geospatial Analysis and Modeling Introduction

• Lecture notes
• Helena Mitasova
• NCSU MEAS

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Outline

• Introductions and students' backgrounds
• Syllabus lectures and assignments
• Course material
• Grading
• Topics
• Technology
• Project

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Backgrounds

• Major
• Thesis or research topic
• Classes taken with GIS material
• Operating systems PC, Mac, Linux

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Syllabus

• Course web site
• http//courses.ncsu.edu
• http//skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/helena/lteachtest/GIS
  T.html
• email hmitaso_at_unity.ncsu.edu

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Lectures

• software independent, focus on principles
• theory, concepts, methods
• slides with class material on the web site
• writing down notes suggested
• handouts or book references where needed

Active participation expected share experience
and knowledge, discussions
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Assignments

• In-class and homework assignments designed for
  both
• ArcGIS use ESRI virtual campus to learn it
• GRASS use e-book NetelerMitasova

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Assignments

• In class exercises
• Step-by-step instructions provided to get you
  started
• North Carolina data set provided for GRASS and
  ArcGIS

Feedback, suggestions for improvements welcome
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Assignments

• Homework assignments
• finish tasks from class and prepare report
• submit report for each topic as a hardcopy and
  pdf
• Task
• Approach
• Results with images or maps
• Min. 500 words and 1-2 pages of images

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Class materials and textbooks

• Lecture slides and assignments
• http//skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/helena/lteachtest/GIS
  T.html
• Books - recommended
• Neteler, M. and Mitasova, H., 2008, Open Source
  GIS A GRASS GIS Approach. Third Edition.
  Springer New York, available as e-book
• Smith, Goodchild, and Longley Geospatial
  Analysis, free http//www.spatialanalysisonline.co
  m/
• Hengl, T. and Reuter, H. I., 2008,
  Geomorphometry Concepts, Software, Applications,
  Elsevier.
• Chang, K., 2008, Introduction to GIS, Fourth
  Edition. McGraw-Hill (ArcGIS material)

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Grading and policies

• Homework 30
• Midterm test 20
• Project 50, becomes part of your GIS
  certificate, GIS MS portfolio
• Academic integrity http//www.ncsu.edu/stud_affai
  rs/osc/AIpage/acaintegrity.html

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Topics I

• Visualization and Analysis
• Data acquisition and integration
• Data display and visualization
• Geospatial Analysis I (GA I) map algebra,
  neighborhood operations, buffers
• GA II cost surfaces, least cost path

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Topics I

• Visualization and Analysis
• elevation, land cover, schools

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Topics I

• Visualization and Analysis
• cost surfaces

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Topics II

• Geomorphometry
• GA III spatial interpolation
• Terrain modeling
• Spatial and Temporal Terrain analysis
• Viewshed, line of sight
• Solar energy potential analysis

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Topics II

• Geomorphometry

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Topics II

• terrain dynamics

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Topics III

• Modeling and Project
• Flow routing, watershed analysis
• Modeling Geospatial Processes Intro
• GIS and Hydrologic modeling
• GIS and Erosion modeling
• Project

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Topics III

• flow routing

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Topics III

• flow simulation particle sampling

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Project

• Topic Thesis-based or our project
• Things to consider
• Well defined research question

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Project

• Topic Thesis-based or our project
• Things to consider
• Well defined research question
• Availability of data
• Amount of work needed to process the data

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Project

• Topic Thesis-based or our project
• Things to consider
• Well defined research question
• Availability of data
• Amount of work needed to process the data
• Availability of tools
• Intermediate results in case time runs out
• Answer to research question in form of map(s), 3D
  images
• Discussion on potential topics

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Office hours

• Office hours
• Tuesday and Thursday 300 - 400 pm
• or by appointment
• Course web site orientation
• Check login, open ArcGIS and GRASS
• Use memory stick - min 2GB recommended to take
  the work done in lab with you
• Install ArcGIS and GRASS on your laptop