GOG 414 Computer Mapping and GOG 590 Advanced Cartography |
Instructor |
James Mower |
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Meeting times |
M-W, 8:45-10:05 |
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Class numbers |
5649 (414),
5650 (590) |
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My office |
Arts &
Sciences 221 |
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Office hours |
M-W, 10:05-12:00 |
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Phone |
(518) 442-4779 |
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Email |
Objectives
This course will introduce
you to the hardware and software that are required to produce maps for hard
copy output and computer graphic displays. Using the Java programming language,
you will experiment with computer graphics procedures that are essential to
automated cartography. This course is a prerequisite for my session of GOG 406
(Special Topics in GIS) and GOG 692/PLN 656 (Seminar in GIS).
Suggested
Text
If you like having a textbook, Niemeyer and Knudsen, Learning
Java, 4th ed. is pretty good. Many others
are also pretty good, as well as web resources like Code Academy.
Materials
We will be using Java and Eclipse as our programming environment.
It is available in the Science Library Information Commons room. You
may also download these packages for your own use Click here for instructions.
Learn how to run Java applets on my web
pages at home. Please note that modern browsers have very
limited Java applet support and they may not run on your machine.
If you are not bringing
your laptop to class, you will need a USB 2.0 compatible flash drive with at
least 1 gigabyte of free space.
Grading
Midterm exam |
30% |
Final exam |
30% |
Lab exercises |
40% |
All lab exercises must be completed
independently. No group projects will be assigned. Lab assignments must be
completed by the assigned deadline on the course schedule web page.
Final
Exam: Tuesday Dec 19th 1pm � 3pm. Please note: if you have a conflict, please let me know so
that we can schedule a different exam time for you.