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Computer Cartography/Advanced Cartography Lecture Schedule, Fall 2015

Date	Topic All classes, labs, and exams meet in AS 003	Readings (in Learning Java)
Aug 26	Intro to hardware
31	Intro to Java programming	Preface, Ch. 1,
Sept 2	Assignment in Java	Ch. 4 Assignment092115.jar for download
7	NO CLASS
9	Lab 1: Intro to Java and Eclipse (due 9/21)	Ch. 2
14	NO CLASS
16	Trigonometry review	Importing and Exporting Java Projects as Zip Files
21	Mathematical expressions in Java
23	NO CLASS
28
30	Lab 2: Finding the circumference along a parallel (due 10/12)	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
Oct 5
7	Coordinate systems
12
14
19	MIDTERM	Sample questions for the midterm
21	Lab 3: Building a color mixer (due 11/9)
26	Java decision structures	Ch. 4 Using a switch statement example
28
Nov 2	Using methods	Using methods example MethodsDemoJM jar file for download (includes class practice on 11/4/2015)
4	Map projections in GIS
9	Lab 4: Simple line drawing (due 11/30)	Ch. 20 Using JAR files
11
16	Java classes and objects	Ch. 5, Simple class demo, Simple methods demo
18
23	Lab 5: Selecting shapes (due 12/7)	A Simple Animation applet
25	NO CLASS
30	Displays and color systems	Ch. 19, Setting up your own web page and using HTML
Dec 2	Digital elevation models	Hill shading and 3D rendering of DEMs Perspective mapping transformations
7	Review and lab time
Wednesday Dec 9th 8:45am � 10:05am	FINAL EXAM Please note: if you have a conflict or if this scheduling is inconvenient, please let me know so that we can schedule a different exam time for you.	Sample questions for the final