Materials associated with each lecture topic are hyperlinked in the schedule below. These include lecture slides (also available for download here in one page) 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 |
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| 1: Sept 4 |
No class | 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. |
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. That said, Important: You should review “Lab 0” as soon as you can.
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| 2: Sept 9, 11 |
What is the context? GI: Society, Science, and Systems | What is it? The Nature of Geographic Data | Just for interest: Local GIS Organizations that help you learn and network: |
Lab 1: Exploring Linguistic Diversity in Edmonton and Vancouver.
You will be provided with an overview of the labs and given your username and password. You must pay the $20 lab fee by the end of September. |
| 3: Sept 16, 18 |
What is it? The Nature of Geographic Data (continued.) | Representing Geography | The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project
A web site that provides interactive tools to play with cartographic concepts: Cartography Playground Between labs 1&2 is a great time to explore past student projects |
Lab 1 Continued. (lab time for TA office hours) |
| 4: Sept 23, 25 |
What can it tell us? Spatial modeling with GIS -and- Project discussion | 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: Oct 2 |
No class | Spatial modeling with GIS (continued.) | Lab 2 Continued. (lab time for TA office hours) | |
| 6: Oct 7, 9 |
Spatial Analysis I | Spatial Analysis I (continued.) | Lab 3: Crime in the City | |
| 7: Oct 16 |
No class | Spatial Analysis I (continued.) | Lab 3 Continued. (lab time for TA office hours) | |
| 8: Oct 21, 23 |
What can you tell us? Project proposal presentations | What can you tell us? Project proposal presentations | Everyone, even those who didn’t present, should submit their project proposal writeup by the end of Monday, Oct 28. | Formulating Final Projects and finishing Lab 3 (lab time for TA office hours) |
| 9: Oct 28, 30 |
How to find out more? Spatial Analysis II | How to find out more? Spatial Analysis II (continued) | Lab 4: The Identification of a Least-cost Pathway | |
| 10: Nov 4, 6 |
Where is it? Georeferencing | Cartography and Geovisualization | Lab 4 and Final Projects (lab time for TA office hours) | |
| 11: Nov 11, 13 |
Fall Break – no class | Fall Break – no class | Final Projects (lab time for TA office hours)
FYI: ArcGIS Pro Etiquette |
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| 12: Nov 18, 20 |
Where does data come from? A review of remote sensing | A few roles for code in GIS | Final Projects (lab time for TA office hours) | |
| 13: Nov 25, 27 |
What does it tell us? Uncertainty | Course review (bring your questions!) |
Final Projects (lab time for TA office hours) | |
| 14: Dec 2, 4 |
Project presentations! | Project presentations! | Final Projects (no lab meetings) | |
| Exam Period | Online Closed-book Final Exam. Time is the designated UBC time for this course. Please see Canvas. |
The final projects are due in December. Please see Canvas. (Announced once the exam schedule is posted) |