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CENG 160/260
GIS in Water Resources
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Course Schedule:

Date Topic (subject to change) Assignment  
1/10 Introduction to GIS in Water Resources (slides) Homework 1  
1/12 Intro to ArcGIS. Intro of Exercise 1 Exercise 1  
1/17 Wrap-up exercise 1, Data Sources for GIS    
1/19 Geodesy, Map Projections and Coordinate Systems, Intro of Exercise 2 (slides) Exercise 2, Homework 2  
1/24 Continue with Exercise 2    
1/26 Complete Exercise 2    
1/31 Intro of Exercise 3 (Spatial Analysis of Precipitation) Exercise 3  
2/2 Continue with Exercise 3    
2/7 Wrap up Exercise 3; Prepare for Class project presentations    
2/9 Class Project Q&A in Lab, preparation for proposal presentations    
2/14

In-class short presentations of proposals for class projects

   
2/16 Spatial analysis in Hydrology - Watershed and Stream Network Delineation (slides) Exercise 4 Part 1  
2/21 Continue with Exercise 4 Exercise 4 Part 2  
2/23 Continue with Exercise 4    
2/28 Wrap up exercise 4; work on class projects    
3/2 Exercise 5 - Using R for spatial analysis    
3/7 Complete Exercise 5    
3/9 Intro of Exercise 6, GPS (optional exercise)    
3/14 Class Project Q&A in Lab
 
3/16 In-Class Presentations
 
3/21 1:30PM - 4:30PM: Final Exam Time Slot: In-class Presentations
 

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