CEE 5190 / 6190: GIS for Civil Engineers Spring 2020

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Class Schedule

Lecture: Monday / Wednesday 8:30 – 9:20 AM
Laboratory: Monday 3:30 – 5:25 PM
Class Location: ENGR 307

Instructors

Jeff Horsburgh
Offices: ENGR 234 / UWRL 201
Office Hours: Monday / Wednesday 9:30 – 10:30 AM in ENGR 234, or by appointment
E-mail: jeff.horsburgh@usu.edu
Phone: 435-797-2946
Web: http://jeffh.usu.edu

Course TA: Joseph Brewer
E-mail: jbrewer256@gmail.com

Lab TA: Amber Jones
E-mail: amber.jones@usu.edu

Course Syllabus

Access the full PDF Version of the course syllabus.

Course Overview and Topics Covered

Many of the problems Civil and Environmental Engineers address have a spatial component. Engineers often embark on important tasks include making maps of project sites, manipulating spatial data to support hydrologic modeling activities, mapping and inventory of infrastructure, and many other activities. Geographic Information System (GIS) software has proved to be an important tool for Civil and Environmental Engineers to use in their work. The overall goal of this course is to introduce core concepts of GIS and geospatial analysis, including coordinate systems, spatial data formats, and openly available geospatial data resources. Another goal is to provide hands-on experience with an industry standard GIS to perform practical tasks that include spatial analysis, network analysis, and extending core GIS functionality using scripting. Finally, this class will include a field data collection component to expose students to GIS data creation and Global Positioning Systems (GPS).

Learning Objectives

Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

Use GIS data and software tools to conduct spatial analyses.
Locate and obtain geospatial data resources from federal, state, and local data providers.
Correctly convert data into a common coordinate system appropriate for a study site and objectives.
Work with data in formats common to GIS, including shapefiles, rasters, and geodatabases.
Create maps of study sites that would be acceptable for use in engineering reports and academic publications.
Apply spatial analysis routines for problems relevant to Civil and Environmental Engineering using vector and raster data.
Perform simple editing tasks on vector data to create new feature classes or to modify existing feature classes.
Perform queries (both spatial and tabular) using geodatabases and SQL.
Create a Python script that automates a complex geoprocessing task not easily accomplished with core GIS software functionality.
Collect data using GPS technology for use with GIS.

Lecture Schedule

The class lecture schedule, lecture materials and assigned readings will be maintained on the Lecture Materials Page. Please check regularly for updates to the schedule as it is subject to change.