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Tentative Course Outline for Seminar in GIS

Spring 2016

Date	Lecture	Readings (LJ = Learning Java, BW = Bowyer and Woodwark (links))
Jan 20	Coordinate geometry and computer graphics	Bowyer and Woodwark Intro to Computing with Geometry
25	Representing points and lines	Storage options on University drives Wikipedia entry on equations of lines
27	Lab 1--Doing Calculations on Lines (due 2/8)	Cartesian components of vectors (from mathcentre) LJ Chapter 5
Feb 1	Spatial relationships between points and lines	BW Introduction BW Chapter 1 Getter and setter demo (JAR file)
3	Establishing class hierarchies	LJ chapter 4
8	Lab 2—Drawing and Analyzing Line Segments (due 2/29)
10	Using class constructors	Using this
15	Working with line segments
17	Java arrays and loops Java collections	Ch. 11
22	Working with polygons	BW Chapter 4 BW Chapter 7
24	Affine transformations	Using JAR files More constructor practice
29	Lab 3—Drawing Multiple Line Segments (due 3/9)	JAR file for a matrix multiplication demo Vecmath.jar MatrixMult.jar
Mar 2	Simple web connection applet	JAR file for simple web applet Creating signed applets
7	Streams in Java AbstractAndFinalClasses.jar	LJ chapter 20 ZIP file for reading and parsing CSV data How to unpack a zip file for Eclipse
9	Lab 4—2D Transformations, Part 1 (due 3/28)
14	NO CLASS
16	NO CLASS
21	Raster data structures
23	Circles and angles Planes	Demo code for working with planes Vecmath jar for project BW Chapter 2
28	NO CLASS	LJ chapter 4 LJ chapter 7
30	Lab 4—2D Transformations, Part 2 (due 4/11)	Ch. 4
Apr 4		Enhanced for loops demo
6	Open lab time for working on projects, should you wish	BW Chapter 5
11	Lab 5—Group projects (due 5/2)	Lab 5—Reading and Rendering Web Data, Part 1 (due ____)
13		Sample code for manipulating images Sample Image Lab 6—Reading and Rendering Web Data, Part 2 (due ____)
18	Curves	Lab 7—Reading and Rendering Web Data, Part 3 (due ____)
20	Douglas line simplification algorithm	DEM manual
25	Working with standardized data structures (National Elevation Dataset)	Sample project for sharing data between classes
27	3D Landscape Rendering
May 2	Creating a web page from an existing app Recursion	Sample code for stable drawing in an applet Content Panes (from Fred Swartz)
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