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Tentative Course Outline for Seminar in GIS

Spring 2009

Date	Lecture	Readings (LJ = Learning Java, BW = Bowyer and Woodwark (online))
1/22	Intro to algorithms and computational geometry	LJ chapter 1 (skim)
1/27	Intro to Java programming	LJ chapter 2 (try the examples in here)
1/29	Lab 1—Introducing Java and Eclipse (due 2/5) Assignment in Java	LJ chapter 3 (skim)
2/3	Conditions in Java	LJ chapter 4
2/5	Lab 2--Working with Classes (due 2/24)
2/10	Intro to Classes in Java	LJ chapter 7 (this is tough going—skim and use as reference)
2/12	Representing points and lines	BW Introduction BW Chapter 1
2/17	NO CLASS
2/19	NO CLASS
2/24	Lab 3--Doing Calculations on Lines (due 3/10)
2/26	Access modifiers and properties	LJ chapter 7
3/3
3/5	Spatial relationships between points and lines	BW Chapter 3
3/10	Lab 4—Finding the Parameters of a Line (due 3/19)
3/12	Arrays, Lists, and strings	LJ chapter 4
3/17	Working with line segments
3/19	Lab 5—Drawing Digitized Lines (due 4/2)	Importing and exporting JAR files in Eclipse
3/24	NO CLASS
3/26	Circles and angles	BW Chapter 2
3/31	Working with polygons	BW Chapter 4
4/2	Modeling geographic entities as Java class objects
4/7	Lab 6—Better Digitizing through Snapping! (due 4/23)
4/9	NO CLASS
4/14	Streams in Java	LJ chapter 12
4/16	Planes	BW Chapter 7
4/21	Recursion
4/23	Lab 7—Making an Applet (due 5/5)
4/28	Curves	BW Chapter 5
4/30	Douglas line simplification algorithm
5/5	Working with standardized data structures (Pen and Ink)	DEM manual