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Computer Cartography/Advanced Cartography Lecture Schedule, Spring 2008

Date	Topic All labs meet in AS 003	Readings Readings are in Halvorson unless indicated otherwise
Jan 24	Introduction Intro to hardware
29	Intro to Visual Basic	Ch. 1
31	Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)	Ch. 2
Feb 5	Lab: Intro to Visual Basic (due 2/21)
7	VBA Variables, Operators, and Syntax	Download FlowControlExamples.zip
12	VBA Variables, Operators, and Syntax (cont.)	Download LoopExamples.zip
14	VBA Variables, Operators, and Syntax (cont.)	Ch. 3, 6, 7
19	NO CLASS
21	Lab: Finding the circumference along a parallel (due 3/13)	Ch. 5
26	Display technology
28	Color Systems
Mar 4	Affine transformations	Download MatrixMultiplierNET.zip
6	Matrices and coordinate system transformations	Download TransformDemoNET.zip
11	MIDTERM
13	Lab: Creating a Color Mixer (due 4/3)	Ch. 4
18	Coordinate systems
20	Map projections in GIS
25	NO CLASS
27	NO CLASS
Apr 1	Representing spatial data with object-oriented techniques
3	Lab: Working with Object-Oriented Data Structures (due 4/17)
8	Raster data structures	Array Examples
10	Digital elevation models	Download ClassWithFunctionDemo.zip
15	Isarithmic mapping techniques	Click Event Example
17	Lab: More Object-Oriented Data Structures (due 5/1)
22	Isarithmic mapping techniques (cont.)
24	Hill shading and 3D rendering of DEMs
29	Line simplification	Line Simplification Example
May 1	Stay tuned
6	Review
May 8	Final Exam 3:30 to 5:30 in AS B03