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Tentative Course Outline for Seminar in GIS

Spring 2015

Date	Lecture	Readings (LJ = Learning Java, BW = Bowyer and Woodwark (links))
Jan 22	Coordinate geometry and computer graphics	Bowyer and Woodwark Intro to Computing with Geometry
27	Representing points and lines	Storage options on University drives Wikipedia entry on equations of lines
29	Lab 1--Doing Calculations on Lines (due 2/10)	Cartesian components of vectors (from mathcentre) LJ Chapter 5
Feb 3	Spatial relationships between points and lines	Getter and setter demo (JAR file)
5	Establishing class hierarchies	LJ chapter 4
10	Lab 2—Drawing and Analyzing Line Segments (due 2/26)	BW Introduction BW Chapter 1
12	Using class constructors	Using this
17	Working with line segments
19	Java collections	Ch. 11
24	Working with polygons	BW Chapter 4 BW Chapter 7
26	Lab 3—Drawing Multiple Line Segments (due 3/12)	Using JAR files More constructor practice
Mar 3	Affine transformations	JAR file for a matrix multiplication demo Vecmath.jar MatrixMult.jar
5	Simple web connection applet	JAR file for simple web applet Creating signed applets
10	Streams in Java AbstractAndFinalClasses.jar	LJ chapter 20
12	Lab 4—2D Transformations, Part 1 (due 3/31)
17	NO CLASS
19	NO CLASS
24	Raster data structures
26	Circles and angles Planes	Demo code for working with planes Vecmath jar for project BW Chapter 2
31	Lab 4—2D Transformations, Part 2 (due 4/14)	LJ chapter 4 LJ chapter 7
Apr 2
7		Enhanced for loops demo
9	Open lab time for working on projects, should you wish	BW Chapter 5
14	Lab 5—Group projects (due May 5)	Lab 5—Reading and Rendering Web Data, Part 1 (due ____)
16		Sample code for manipulating images Sample Image Lab 6—Reading and Rendering Web Data, Part 2 (due ____)
21	Curves	Lab 7—Reading and Rendering Web Data, Part 3 (due ____)
23	Douglas line simplification algorithm	DEM manual
28	Working with standardized data structures (National Elevation Dataset)	Sample project for sharing data between classes
30	3D Landscape Rendering
May 5	Creating a web page from an existing app Recursion	Sample code for stable drawing in an applet Content Panes (from Fred Swartz)