Course Name	Rural Spatial Information Engineering and Exercise
Credits	3
Professor(s)	Name	Min Won Jang
	Affiliation	Dept. of Agricultural Engineering

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Geographic Information System (GIS) is an information technology for comprehending geography and making intelligent decision, and currently it becomes a dominant tool in agriculture and environment management. This course focuses on the use of GIS for collection, storing, and analyzing spatial data associated with agricultural and natural resources management. All participants will be exercised to deal with spatial data using ArcGIS tools and can answer questions with regards to agricultural or natural resources topics through term assignments and oral presentations.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

Gorr, W. L. and K. S. Kurland, 2010, GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook, ESRI Press

Allen, D. W. 2011, GIS Tutorial 2: Spatial Analysis Workbook, ESRI Press

Ormsby et al., 2010, Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop, ESRI Press

Zeiler, M., 2010, Modeling Our World, ESRI Press

LaGro, J. A., 2007, Site Analysis, Wiley

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: Term project

Grading Scheme: Homework 10%, Exercise 30%, Term project 30 %, Midterm exam 20%, Etc. 10%

COURSE SCHEDULE

1st: Class introduction and accessing ArcGIS

2nd: What is GIS? (data structure, applications),

Exercise#1 - exploring ArcMap/ArcCatalog

Homework#1 - reporting: What is your interest in GIS?

3rd: Views of GIS data: layer concept, feature, geodatabase, grid, etc.

Exercise#2 - displaying and symbolizing features and rasters

Homework#2 - presentation: different GIS applications in agriculture and environment

4th: Basic GIS functions: coordinate systems, projection, database fundamentals

Exercise#3 - projection conversion, data format conversion, working with tables

5th: Basic GIS functions: data query and selection with features

Exercise#4 - querying data, joining tables, selecting features

6th: Basic GIS functions: reporting and printing out

Exercise#5 - dealing with ArcMap layouts

7th: Basic spatial analysis: geoprocessing and spatial analyst

Exercise#6 - mapping the most/least, density, what's inside, what's nearby

Midterm exam

8th: Basic spatial analysis: geoprocessing and spatial analyst (cont.)

Exercise#7 - mapping change & distribution, analyzing patterns

9th: Basic raster analysis: 3D analyst

Exercise#8 - working with DEM, spatial interpolation

10th: WebGIS applications

Exercise#9 - viewing GIS data in Google Earth and the tips

11th: Term assignment

12th: Term assignment (cont.)

13th: Term assignment (cont.) & mid-presentation

14th: Term assignment (cont.)

15th: Final presentation

Discussion - Future in GIS

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: 055-772-1933                           e-mail: mwjang@gnu.ac.kr