GIS 540
Schedule
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Assigned reading | In-class exercises | Slides & Lectures | Related links | Quizzes | |
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1
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In class | Intro to GIS540 Lecture
Intro to Python Lecture |
Napquest
-GP (10) -Building Models (10) |
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| 2
(08/27) |
Ch 2.4-2.5: Python components Ch 3.1-3.3: Basic Data Types: Numbers and Strings
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In class | ||||
| HW1 Due 08/27 | ||||||
| 3
(08/29) |
Ch 3.4-3.8 String Methods and printing strings |
In class | Numbers_and_Strings
Lecture (part 2) |
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| 4
(09/03) |
Ch 4: Basic Data Types: Lists and Tuples |
In class | Lists, Tuples, & Sets Lecture |
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| HW2 Due 09/03 | ||||||
| 5
(09/05) |
Ch 5: ArcGIS and Python Ch 6.1-6.4: Calling Tools with Arcpy |
In class Print: arcpy cheatsheet |
arcpyTools Lecture (Part1) |
Essential arcpy vocabulary
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Timed quiz-----> |
Q1: Ch 2-4 Quiz | ||||
| 6
(09/10) |
Ch 6.5-6.11: Spatial Analyst, Additional tool tips Ch 7: Getting User Input
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| 7
(09/12) |
Ch 8: Controlling Flow |
In class Print: pseudocode practice |
Controlling flow Lecture | Pseudocode basics-M. Kelly
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| 8
(09/17) |
Ch 9.1-9.2, 9.4-9.5: Decision-Making (if,elif,..and, or, <=...) | In class
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Slides Lecture (Part1) | if statements
Describing data |
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| HW3 Due 09/17 | ||||||
| 9
(09/19) |
Print: conditional sound exercise |
(2nd part of Decision making slides linked above)
Dec Making Lecture (Part2) |
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10
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Ch 10: Repetition: Looping for Geoprocessing | Looping Slides
Looping Lecture |
for statements and range function | |||
| 11
(09/26) |
Ch 11.1-11.2, 11.4-11.5: Batch processing | In class | Slides Lectures (Part 1) | Listing arcpy data | ||
| (09/27) | Timed quiz-----> | Q2: Ch 8-10 Quiz | ||||
| 12
(10/01) |
Section 11.3, 11.7: arcpy 'ListFields' Section 11.6 Debugging example |
In class | Slides Lecture (Part 2) |
ListFields
Field objects Stepping through with debugger |
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| HW4 Due 10/01 | ||||||
| 13
(10/03) |
Ch 13: Debugging | Slides Lecture | PSU's debugging tutorial | |||
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Exam review |
Notes
slides
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(10/10-10/11) |
Fall Break (No class) |
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(10/14 & 10/15) |
Midterm Exam (Topics in Book Chapters 1-11)
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| 14
(10/17) |
Ch 12: Additional looping functions |
In class | Slides Lecture | List comprehensions Nested loops Walking directory trees |
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| HW5 Due 10/18 | ||||||
| 15
(10/22) |
Ch 14: Error handling |
In class Print: errorh ex. (predictTry) |
Slides Lecture | |||
| 16
(10/24) |
Ch 15: User-defined Functions |
In class | Slides Lecture | Functions | ||
| (10/25) | Timed quiz-----> | Q3: Ch 13-15 Quiz | ||||
| 17
(10/29) |
Ch 17: Reading and writing with Cursors |
In class | Slides Lecture | |||
| HW6 Due 10/29 (including project proposal) | ||||||
| 18
(10/31) |
Ch 18: Dictionaries
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In class | Slides Lecture | |||
| 19
(11/05) |
Ch 19.1-19.2: Reading and Writing Text Files |
In class | Slides Lecture | File objects and
Sturlow: File I/O (input/output) |
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| 20 (11/07) |
Section 23.1: Creating a Script Tool |
Script tools | ||||
| HW7 Due 11/08 | ||||||
| 21
(11/12) |
Section 23.2: Creating a GUI | In class | Adding script tools to ArcMap toolbars
Script tool properties ToolValidator |
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| (11/12) | Timed quiz-----> | Q4: Ch 17-19 Quiz | ||||
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22
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Ch 16: User-defined Modules Ch 21: Classes |
In class
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Modules Slides (~15 min)
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| 23
(11/19) |
Ch 24: Mapping Module |
In class | Esri mapping module help | |||
| HW8 Due 11/19 (including extended proposal) | ||||||
| 24
(11/21) |
Ch 20.1: Working with HTML |
In class |
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| 25
(11/26) |
Ch 20.1.6, Ch 20.1.3: Parsing HTML and KML with BeautifulSoup | In class | ||||
| HW9 Due 11/26 | ||||||
| 26
(12/03) |
Ch 20.2 Fetching and uncompressing data | In class | Slides Lecture | |||
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27
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Ch 23.4, ScriptTool ToolValidator Ch 23.2.2.8, 23,3
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In class part1 In class part2 |
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| (12/06) | Timed quiz-----> | Q5: Ch 16, 20, 21, 23, 24 Quiz | ||||
| (12/09) | Final Project Due by 10 p.m. EST
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| (12/20) | Grades posted by 11:59PM EST | |||||
