Live Webcast of Classes originated at USU. Active during classes, Tu, Th 11.30 - 12.45.Instructors
| David R. Maidment University of Texas at Austin http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment |
David G Tarboton Utah State University http://www.engineering.usu.edu/dtarb |
Ayse Irmak University of Nebraska http://www.engineering.unl.edu/academicunits/civil/faculty/irmak.shtml |
ONLINE course offered jointly by the University of Texas at Austin, Utah State
University and the University of Nebraska.
USU website: http://www.engineering.usu.edu/dtarb/giswr/2008
Texas website: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/MAIDMENT/giswr2008/giswr2008.htm
Nebraska website: http://snr.unl.edu/airmak/
Texas Class Video Website:
http://www.utwired.engr.utexas.edu/maidment08/
Lectures: Tuesday, Thursday, 11:30-1 PM, ENGR 401
Lab: Friday, 11.30-12.30 PM, ENGR 305
Course Syllabus: Syllabus2008.pdf
Class Outline and Schedule: Schedule2008.pdf.
Registration Information.
USU Student Term Project Web Pages
Live Webcast of Classes originated at USU. Active during classes, Tu, Th 11.30 - 12.45.
8/26/08. States.zip. Zip file of US States useful for base maps.
8/26/08. Computer Facilities
8/26/08. Instructions for preparing web pages and saving term projects
8/26/08. Term paper suggestions.
8/26/08. ArcView Workarounds for some ArcInfo functionality.
8/26/08. Term paper archive from previous years
8/26/08. Past Exams
9/26/08. Instructions for running TauDEM on Windows Vista
Session 1 (Thurs, Aug 28): Introduction to GIS in Water Resources. Review the course curriculum, course outline. Lecture12008.ppt. Recording.
Session 2 (Tues, Sept 2): Introduction to GIS Software. Lecture22008.ppt. Recording.
Session 3 (Thurs, Sept 4): Introduction to ArcGIS and HydroExcel Instructions: Ex12008.doc Data: Ex12008Data.zip. Recording.
Session 4 (Tues Sept 9): Data Sources for GIS in Water Resources. DataSources2008.doc. DataSources2008.ppt. Recording.
Session 5 (Thurs Sept 11): Geodesy, Map Projections and Coordinate Systems. Mapproj.ppt. MapProjExample.zip. hw1.doc. EarthDistance.doc. Recording.
Session 6 (Tues Sept 16): Exercise 2: Building a Base Map for the San Marcos Basin. Ex2_2008.doc. Data: SanMarcos.zip. SanMarcosGDB.zip. Recording.
Session 7 (Thurs Sept 18): Spatial analysis using grids. Spatial.ppt. RasterCalcExample.zip. Recording.
Session 8 (Tues Sept 23): 30 m DEM for Australia by David Lemon. 30mDEMforAustralia.ppt. Spatial analysis exercise. Ex32008.doc. Data: Ex3.zip. Recording. Intermediate grid files in case ASCII to Raster function is not working: Ex3Grids.zip.
Session 9 (Thurs Sept 25): Hydro networks. HydroNetwork.ppt. Recording.
Session 10 (Tues Sept 30): Space and time. SpaceTime2008.ppt. Recording.
Session 11 (Thurs Oct 2): Flow Networks and Basin Precipitation. Ex42008.doc. Data: Ex4.zip. Arc Hydro tools, Version for ArcGIS 9.3. Recording.
Session 12 (Tues Oct 7): Digital Elevation Model Based Watershed and Stream Network Delineation. DemWatershedDelineation.ppt. Berlin.ppt. Recording.
Session 13 (Thurs Oct 9): Watershed and Stream Network Delineation: Ex52008.doc. Data: Ex5.zip. Recording.
Session 14 (Tues Oct 14): Review for Midterm Exam: Review2008.ppt, Review2008.doc. Recording.
Session 15 (Thurs Oct 16): Arc Hydro for Groundwater: Groundwater.ppt. Recording.
Session 16 (Tues Oct 21): Groundwater and time series demos. Arc Hydro Groundwater Tools: Tutorial_and_Installs.zip. Tutorials: GroundwaterTutorial.doc. HydroGetDemo: HydroGet.ppt. Precipitation Toolbox: PrecipTool.zip. Recording.
Session 17 (Thur Oct 23): Midterm exam: Exam2008.pdf.
Session 18 (Tues Oct 28): Introduction to Remote Sensing: RS_lecture_Irmak_2008.ppt. Recording.
Session 19 (Thurs Oct 30): Satellite Remote Sensing based Estimation of Evapotranspiration. RemoteSensingEvap.ppt. Exercise6.doc. Ex6data.zip. Recording.
Session 20 (Tues Nov 4): Surfaces in ArcGIS: Surfaces.ppt. Case study from NE using Geostatistical Analyst: SpatialAnalysis.doc. NebraskaDataset.zip. Case study from TX using Geostatistical Analyst. Delauney Triangulation Applet. Recording.
Session 21 (Thurs Nov 6): Geostatistics Revisited – patterns over the United States: Geostatistics2.ppt. Recording.
Session 22 (Tues Nov 11): Accessing and using data using the CUAHSI Hydrologic Information System: CUAHSI_HIS1.ppt. HISDemoSteps.doc. Recording.
Session 23 (Thurs Nov 13): Term Paper Instructions: TPInstructions.doc. Sharing and publishing data using the CUAHSI Hydrologic Information System: CUAHSI_HIS2.ppt. Recording.
Session 24 (Tues Nov 18): Term paper presentations. USU Recording. Texas Recording.
Session 25 (Thurs Nov 20): Term paper presentations. Texas Recording.
Session 26 (Tues Nov 25): Term project presentations. USU Recording. Texas Recording.
Session 27 (Tues Dec 2): Term project presentations. USU Recording. Texas Recording.
Session 28 (Thurs Dec 4): Term project presentations. Discussion of Final Exam. GISFinal2008.pdf. Data: final.zip. USU Recording. Texas Recording.
| Due date | Assignment |
|---|---|
| 9/11/08 | Exercise 1: Introduction to ArcGIS and HydroExcel Instructions: Ex12008.doc Data: Ex12008Data.zip. |
| 9/18/08 | Homework 1: Geodesy, Map Projections and Coordinate Systems. hw1.doc. |
| 9/23/08 | Exercise 2: Building a Base Map for the San Marcos Basin. Ex2_2008.doc. Data: SanMarcos.zip. SanMarcosGDB.zip. |
| 9/25/08 | Term project proposals due - posted on your web site. See instructions for saving web pages. |
| 9/30/08 | Exercise 3: Spatial analysis exercise. Ex32008.doc. Data: Ex3.zip. Intermediate grid files in case ASCII to Raster function is not working: Ex3Grids.zip. |
| 10/9/08 | Exercise 4. Flow Networks and Basin Precipitation. Ex42008.doc. Data: Ex4.zip. |
| 10/21/08 | Exercise 5. Watershed and Stream Network Delineation: Ex52008.doc. Data: Ex5.zip. |
| 10/28/08 | Term project status report due - posted on your web site. |
| 11/6/08 | Exercise 6. Computing Actual Evapotranspiration Using GIS: Exercise6.doc. Data: Ex6data.zip. |
| 11/11/08 | Term project progress report review : TermProjectReview.doc. |
| 11/18/08 | First term project presentations. USU term project schedule - starts November 20. |