INT527 - Integration of GIS & Remote Sensing Data Analysis in Natural Resource Applications
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INT 527 2020 | Course Schedule and Content
Lecture / Discussion materials & Demo / Lab Data are posted in the Course folder on Box.
The ‘Remote Sensing Tutorial‘ material is available on-line from Natural Resources Canada (or download PDF)
The table below shows the topics covered during each session, with links to content and due dates for assignments:
| ! | Day | Date | Topic | Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Wed | 1/22 | Intro to GIS, Data Sources and Formats, and Term Project | Intro, Chptrs 1,2,3,5 in Price text; See Proposal Guidelines |
 | Wed | 1/22 | Lab 1: Introduction to GIS and ArcGIS Pro | |
 | Mon | 1/27 | Geoids, Datums, and Coordinate Systems | Chapter 4 in Price Text |
| Wed | 1/29 | Selection, queries, and relational databases | Chapters 7,9 in Price text; |
| Wed | 1/29 | Lab 2: Working with projections, tables, attribute queries | Lab 1 Report Due (25 pts) |
 | Mon | 2/3 | Vector Data, Spatial Joins | Chapters 5 (cont.), 10 in Price text |
| Wed | 2/5 | Intro to Geoprocessing tools (Overlays) | Chapter 10 (cont.) in Price text |
| Wed | 2/5 | Lab 3: Spatial Joins and overlays | Lab 2 Report Due (25 pts) |
 | Mon | 2/10 | Introduction to Rasters | Chapter 6 in Price text |
| Wed | 2/12 | Spatial Analyst | Chapter 11 in Price Text |
 | Wed | 2/12 | Lab 4: Raster Analysis | Lab 3 Report Due (25 pts) |
| Mon | 2/17 | NO CLASS (Presidents Day) | |
 | Wed | 2/19 | Editing, Metadata, Sharing data | Chapters 8, 12 in Price Text |
| Wed | 2/19 | Lab 5: Editing, Modelbuilder | Lab 4 Report Due (25 pts) |
 | Mon | 2/24 | Geostastical Analyst, Hydrology tools | Web readings, handouts |
| Wed | 2/26 | Analysis Scenarios, Review | No Lab 5 assignment due |
| Wed | 2/26 | Lab: Open / Project Work | |
 | Mon | 3/2 | Take-home exam due | EXAM 1 (50 pts) |
 | Wed | 3/4 | Introduction to Remote Sensing | (1) look through the Canada Remote Sensing Tutorial: Chptrs. 1, 2, 4, 5 (2) Watch the “Introduction to Remote Sensing” video |
 | Wed | 3/4 | Demo / Lab 6: (1) Remote sensing imagery (2) Imagery search, download & viewing (3) Your study area figure | (1) Learn about NAIP, Landsat, Sentinel-2, MODIS, etc. (2) Register a (free) account at the USGS Earth Explorer (3) Fill-in Remote Sensing Data Resources table |
 | Mon | 3/9 | Digital Image Interpretation | |
 | Wed | 3/11 | Image Processing Workflow | |
 | Wed | 3/11 | Lab 7: Digital Image Processing | (1st draft) Project Abstract Due (25 pts) |
| Mon | 3/16 | NO CLASS (Spring Break) | |
 | Wed | 3/18 | NO CLASS (Spring Break) | |
| Wed | 3/18 | NO LAB (Spring Break) | |
 | Mon | 3/23 | Forest / Land Cover Classification | |
 | Wed | 3/25 | Classification Accuracy Assessment | |
 | Wed | 3/25 | Lab 8: Digital Image Classification | Lab 7 Report Due (25 pts) |
 | Mon | 3/30 | An Ecological View of Change | video; Kennedy et al. 2014 |
 | Wed | 4/1 | Forest / Land Cover Change Detection | video |
 | Wed | 4/1 | Lab 9: Digital Image Change Detection | Lab 8 Report Due (25 pts) |
 | Mon | 4/6 | Introduction to LiDAR | Lidar videos (NEON) |
 | Wed | 4/8 | LiDAR Forest Structure Metrics | White et al., 2013 |
 | Wed | 4/8 | Lab 10: Enhanced Forest Inventory Modelling | Lab 9 Report Due (25 pts) |
 | Mon | 4/13 | Landscape Analysis | Landscape Pattern Metrics |
 | Wed | 4/15 | Google Earth Engine Demo | Sign-up for an Earth Engine account |
 | Wed | 4/15 | Earth Observation Data | Lab 10 Report Due (25 pts) |
 | Mon | 4/20 | Digital Photogrammetry | Landscape Pattern Metrics |
 | Wed | 4/22 | UAS demo | |
 | Wed | 4/22 | Lab 12: Photo Point Clouds | Exam 2 Due (50 pts) |
| Mon | 4/27 | Guest Lecture | ||
| Wed | 4/29 | Guest Lecture | ||
| Wed | 4/29 | Lab: Open / Project Work | ||
| Mon | 5/4 | Final Draft of Project Poster Due (by 5pm) | ||
| TBD | TBD | Poster Session (during final exam period) |