Nicholas R. Chrisman, Instructor
Teaching Assistants:
| Name: | Sections: | email address: | Office: | Office Hours: |
| Eugene Martin | AA, AC | ewmartin@u.washington.edu | Smith 417 |
M 12:30-1:20; F 11:30-12:20 |
| Steve Hyde | AE, AF | sjh7@u.washington.edu | Smith 417 | T Th 12:30-1:20 |
| Muthatha Ramanathan | AB, AD | muthatha@u.washington.edu | Smith 430 |
M 11:30-12:20; F 9:30-10:20 |
Labs meet in the Sherman Lab (401 Smith) except for discussions
and case studies which will meet in Collab 415C (and the few times
AD meets in 409 Smith). When sections are meeting in Colab, the
Lab (401) will be available to 460 students.
The number of computers available limits the number of students
in a lab section. Please attend the lab section that you are scheduled
to attend so that each student will have their own computer.
The Lab policies and help pages are the authoritative source...
There are additional computers (paid for by your student technology fees) located in the Geography student lounge (Smith 411) and in the east portion of 401. These will be available for your exercise and project work. Also, the Collaboratory (Smith 415C) is available on a first come / first serve basis when there are no classes or activities in session. Please consult the schedule on the Collab door and plan accordingly.
Any of your work or data saved on the lab computer's hard drive is liable to be modified or deleted, even if you put it in an out-of-the-way place, since the computers are "cleaned" regularly. You will have storage space on the network servers, but the prudent computer user ALWAYS has a backup! The lab machines all have ZIP drives, these are big enough to backup projects of reasonable scope. You will need to obtain one or two ZIP disks and bring them with you to the lab.
You will establish temporary work folders on the hard drive (C:/) of your lab computer. When you begin work, you will copy your working files to the hard drive and work on the lab exercises. Remember to save your work regularly, all ESRI products are known to freeze or crash on occasion.
You are responsible for making back-up copies of all your work. File corruption or loss of files or projects are not accepted as justification for incomplete or missing assignments.
The following software will be used for the lab exercises: Windows, a browser, and ArcMap 8.x. Other software that will likely prove useful during this course includes Winzip, SSH Secure FTP, Word and email (Pine?). Please take the time to familiarize yourself with these tools. All of these have tutorials and/or 'help' that will assist you in their use. Additional information on Windows and browsers are available at UW's Computer Training site. Please observe all UW policies that apply to the appropriate use of University provided software and use of computing labs.
Please make sure that you have a uniform access account; this username will be your username on the Geography network. E-mail is one of the best ways to pass questions or comments to your TA or to Dr. Chrisman. Notification of assignment changes and updates on lab/course information may be posted in the Announcements section of the website. Please check your e-mail often. TA's usually check their mail several times a day and will respond to students' e-mail questions promptly. If you do not have a uniform access account, access 'Dante' using '(secure) Telnet' at any computer attached to the UW computer network and type 'new' when prompted for a user name and follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
Your on-time lab assignments will be checked for completeness
and accuracy by your TA and returned to you a week after the submission
date. The policy on satisfactory completion of assignments is
outlined in the course policies.
All lab exercises and case studies are due at the beginning of
class one week from the date they were issued, or the date given
in the Lab schedule. Exercises submitted after the due date will
be checked by your TA and returned to you when the TA is able
to make time for it.
The TA's are available to help the students from their lab sections during the office hours listed above. TA's will be either in their office (see above) or in the Sherman Lab (Smith 401). It may be helpful to have your questions in written form before you come to office hours. If you are unable to attend these office hours then you may try making an appointment with your TA. Please consult with your TA before seeking help from TAs for other lab sections. Please remember that Dr. Chrisman also holds office hours (TBA; or by email arrangement).
Each student in geog460 class will have their individual account
to access computers in the Sherman Lab. The Lab
policies establish the procedures for activating your account
in the Geography network. Please follow these instructions when
you log in.
1) Turn the computer on. The computer 'on/off' button is on the
front of the CPU below the floppy disk drive. The monitors have
a separate 'on/off' switch below the lower right of your screen.
Green power indicator lights will light when the computer and
monitor are on.
2) If you are accessing computers for geog460 class for the FIRST
time, (after you have pressed "Ctr + Al t+ Delete")
when the "Log on to Windows" dialogue box appears, change
the Username to YOUR UWnetID (whatever it may be) and the domain
should be set to 'GEOGRAPHY', your initial password will be the
last 4 digits of your SSN.
3) You will be prompted to change this provisional password into
a new password. The new password must be at least 6 characters,
and it will be safer if it is a mixture of upper, lower and a
"special character" - as you created password for your
UwnetID (you can use that same password by the way).
4) For students who are late adds (not on the First Day List),
please go to your TA for password help.
If, when you arrive at your workstation after someone has been using it and it is already on, you should log on for your own precaution. Go to the Start button and select Shut Down. Then choose the option for closing all programs and logging on as a different user. Log on as above.
Each student will have a directory (with the name of your UWNetid) on the Geography server in the directory P:\Students\<UWNetID>. You will have adequate space for exercise work. Please manage this space by deleting temporary files. You should create a folder named "geog460" in your directory using File>New>Folder if it is not already there.
If you have not used Windows 2000 Professional before or would like to refresh your skills, taking the 'tour' is strongly recommended.
If you have not used ESRI products before, it is advisable to explore the help function:
Start ArcMap using the following sequence: Start > Programs > Esri > ArcMap Once it is running, the 'Help' menu is accessed by clicking Help > Help Topics on the top menu bar. It is organized like the Windows help function.
The "Introduction" contains a good general description
of what it can do.
If you are already familiar with ArcMap from using it in another
class (like 360), take a look at the section on "Extensions".
460 will make particular use of Spatial Analyst.