Schedule of Lectures, Readings, Laboratory Exercises and Assignments V1.0

NOTE: Events (Evx) may be substituted depending on weather or timing. Please attend all days.

 Date
 Subject

 Reading (see bibliography)

 Due
 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

Version of 3 March 2004