NOTE: Events (Evx) may be substituted depending on weather or timing. Please attend all days.
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5 Jan. | Overview: Map Sources and Errors | Syllabus; Expectations, Learning Objectives | |
7 | What are all these acronyms?; Standards efforts | ||
9 | Definitions; Components of quality | National Map Accuracy Std, SDTS; NCDCDS Report 4 | |
12 | Event 1: What do maps tell you about themselves | ||
14 | Lineage: Status of topo coverage (dates); Geometric data acquisition | Thapa and Burtch | |
16 | Potential projects: (Collab) | ||
19 | MLK Day, University Holiday | ||
21 | Event 2: Plane table Red Square; pictures! | ||
23 | Geodetic sources: triangulation diagrams, GPS | Geodesy for the Layman | |
26 | Methods of map compliation and construction; T-sheet procedure (photogrammetry) | USGS Manual; airphotos | |
28 | Lineage reports (simple cases: single source) | Dane Co. Soils | Select case study |
30 | Piecemeal maintenance, quality overlay | VPF overlays | |
2 Feb. | Event 3: Why is this map tilted; Review of datum, projection and registration (Collab) NOTE CHANGE IN DATE | ||
4 | Positional Accuracy (concepts); registration methods, deductive estimates | NOS Charting study (part); DCW test report; | |
6 | Positional accuracy testing; Linework and fuzzy features | Handbook from Minnesota | |
9 | Lab prep for Event 4 | ||
11 | Event 4: GPS field accuracy tests | ||
13 | Attribute Accuracy Tests | Fitzpatrick-Lins | |
16 | President's Day UW Holiday | ||
18 | Event 5: Land use test (UPass field trip) | Lineage Report | |
20 | More testing; Completeness | AC 10 Chrisman & Lester | (Hand out Take-Home Exam) |
23 | Logical Consistency; Topological cleaning | Exploring Ch. 3 | |
25 | Lab time for testing | ||
27 | Event 6: Cartometry exercise (dividers and fractals) | Take Home Exam DUE | |
1 March | Cataloging spatial data - providing access | FGDC Content Std.; Alexandria materials | Test Report |
3 | Fitness | ||
5 | Time and Error | ||
8 | Ethics and Data Quality | Fitness Statement | |
10 | Presentations of Projects (Lineage, Test, Fitness) | ||
12 | Presentations (cont.) | Final drafts of all project material |