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Computer Cartography/Advanced Cartography Lecture Schedule, Fall 2014

Date	Topic All classes, labs, and exams meet in AS 003	Readings (in Learning Java)
Aug. 26	Intro to hardware
28	Intro to Java programming	Preface, Ch. 1,
Sept. 2	Assignment in Java	Ch. 4
4		HelloWorld in-class example
9	Lab 1: Intro to Java and Eclipse (due 9/18)	Ch. 2
11	Trigonometry review
16	Mathematical expressions in Java
18	Lab 2: Finding the circumference along a parallel (due 10/07)	Lots of good stuff in chapters 16-19 Importing JAR Files into a project (focus on the Import section in this link) Simple User Interface example
23	Java decision structures	Ch. 4 Using a switch statement example
25	NO CLASS
30
Oct. 2
7	Lab 3: Projecting coordinates (due 10/28)
9	Coordinate systems
14
16	MIDTERM	Sample questions for the midterm
21	Using methods	Using methods example
23	Map projections in GIS
28	Lab 4: Building a color mixer (due 11/6)
30
Nov. 4
6	Lab 5: Simple line drawing (due 11/20)	Ch. 20 Using JAR files
11
13	Java classes and objects	Ch. 5, Simple class demo, Simple methods demo
18
20	Lab 6: Selecting shapes (due 12/4)	A Simple Animation applet
25	Displays and color systems	Ch. 19, Setting up your own web page and using HTML
27	NO CLASS
Dec. 2	Java arrays and loops	Ch. 4
4
9	Digital elevation models	Hill shading and 3D rendering of DEMs Perspective mapping transformations
Final Exam: Friday Dec 12th 3:30pm - 5:30pm	FINAL EXAM	Sample questions for the final