GLG410/598--Computers in Earth and Space Exploration
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Syllabus
Schedule
Weekly lecture notes
Assignments
Links
Term Project
Weekly Lecture Notes
Date
Topic
Week 1:
1/20 &
1/22
Introduction to Computers in Geology
Introduction to HTML
Week 2:
1/27 &
1/29
Introduction to HTML (cont.)
Introduction to Matlab
Week 3:
2/3 &
2/5
Matlab Scripting
Dataset Subsetting & Matlab Plotting (cont.)
Week 4:
2/10 &
2/12
Interactive Graphics in Matlab
Simple Looping and Matrix Construction
Week 5:
2/17 &
2/19
Programming Functions in Matlab
Gridding and Contouring
Week 6:
2/24 &
2/26
Gridding and Contouring (cont.)
Week 7:
3/3 &
3/5
Matlab Debugging Strategies
Final Project
and
Cell Arrays
Week 8:
3/17 &
3/19
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Simple Image processing and getting images into ArcGIS
Week 9:
3/24 &
3/26
Digital Elevation Data
Digital Elevation Data II
Helper links:
Seamless download for SRTM/NED comparison
,
SRTM 1 arc second DEM
,
NED 1 arc second DEM
,
NED 1/3 arc second DEM
More helper links:
Seamless download of high res aerial photography
,
piece 1
,
piece 2
And:
Seamless download of the DRG (Digital Raster Graphic)
,
DRG
Week 10:
3/30 &
4/1
Georeferencing
Week 11:
4/7 &
4/9
Shapefiles in ArcMap
Application to Dreamy Draw, Phoenix Mtns.
Digitizing: Application to Dreamy Draw, Phoenix Mtns. (cont.)
Week 12:
4/14 &
4/16
Query and processing of vector data with application to Arizona seismic hazard
Week 13:
4/21 &
4/23
Combining analysis of rasters and vectors: application to landscape reconstruction
Week 14:
4/28
Using KML to Import Points and Image Overlays into Google Earth
Week 15:
5/5
Next generation data exploration and visualization tools: GeoMapApp
GLG410/598 Computers in Earth and Space Exploration
Last modified: May 5, 2009