Materials associated with each lecture topic are hyperlinked in the schedule below. These include lecture slides as well as readings and resources, required and optional. Expect minor changes to the schedule as we navigate through the term; any larger changes, e.g., those involving assignment due dates and materials will be announced on Canvas and may be made in consultation with the class.
| Week | MONDAY | WEDNESDAY | Notes | Weekly Labs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1: Jan 6, 8 |
Introduction to the course
You can pay your $20 lab fee online; it must be paid before you can access the in-person and online computers (that is, get your username and password). If you are taking another computer-based class you only have to pay one lab fee. |
What is the context? GI: Society, Science, and Systems | Instructions on how to remotely (from home, etc.) log onto a Geography Department’s Lab Computer and run ArcGIS Pro.
If you want to take on the task of installing and supporting ArcGIS Pro on your own Windows system, you can also pay here (this is separate from our lab fee) and then email Jose (labhelp@geog.ubc.ca) with the receipt to download ArcGIS Pro. |
No in-person labs this week.
Review “Lab 0” Introduction to ArcGIS Pro and Python Notebooks |
| 2: Jan 13, 15 |
What is it? The Nature of Geographic Data | What is it? The Nature of Geographic Data (continued.) | Just for interest: Local GIS Organizations that help you learn and network: |
Lab 1: Exploring Linguistic Diversity in Edmonton and Vancouver |
| 3: Jan 20, 22 |
Representing Geography | Representing Geography (continued.) | A web site that provides interactive tools to play with cartographic concepts: Cartography Playground | Lab 1 Continued. |
| 4: Jan 27, 29 |
Spatial modeling with GIS | Spatial modeling with GIS (continued.) | A quick guide to various training/help/information resources ESRI Canada provides–from 2021, but links largely the same. | Lab 2: An Overview of Digital Terrain Modelling and Multi-Criteria Analysis Using the Suitability Modeler |
| 5: Feb 3, 5 |
Spatial Analysis I | Spatial Analysis I (continued.) | Lab 2 Continued. | |
| 6: Feb 10, 12 |
Spatial Analysis I (continued.) | Midterm 1 (content through Jan.29) | Lab 3: Crime in the City | |
| 7: Feb 17, 19 |
Winter Break | Winter Break | ||
| 8: Feb 24, 26 |
How to find out more? Spatial Analysis II | How to find out more? Spatial Analysis II (continued.) | Lab 3 Continued. | |
| 9: Mar 3, 5 |
Project Proposal Presentations | Project Proposal Presentations | Lab 3 Continued and Final Project Proposal work
FYI: ArcGIS Pro Etiquette |
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| 10: Mar 10, 12 |
Where is it? Georeferencing | How to show it? Cartography and Geovisualization | Everyone should submit their project proposal write-up by Monday March 9th | Lab 4: The Identification of a Least-cost Pathway |
| 11: Mar 17, 19 |
What does it tell us? Uncertainty | Remote Sensing and GIS | Lab 4 Continued.
& Lab time for final project work |
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| 12: Mar 24, 26 |
Topics in GIS | Midterm 2 (content Feb. 3rd through Mar. 17) | Lab time for final project work
FYI: ArcGIS Pro Etiquette |
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| 13: Mar 31, Apr 2 |
Topics in GIS | Topics in GIS | Lab time for final project work | |
| 14: Apr 7, 9 |
Final Project Peer Review | Final Project Peer Review | Lab time for final project work | |
| Exam Period | The Final Projects write-ups are due during the exam period. TBA once teh exam schedule is released. Please see Canvas for submission. |