[3 hours] Technology and techniques for determining locations and elevations during field surveys; transferring field measurements to a digital database; total station, GPS and other tools used in ecological and geological research. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

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April 14:  We will meet in the backroom computer in BO 108 (my lab) to see if I can rectify an image using Global Mapper.  This will be a demonstration.  There will be no class April 21 (several students and I will be attending a Geological Society of America meeting).  For the last class meeting on April 28, prepare a series of slides (at least 3, no more than 7) that you have personally prepared to demonstrate competence in ArcView, Surfer and/or Global Mapper.  I prefer practical applications such as figures relevant to your thesis or other projects.  Write a detailed caption for each slide, telling me what you did and what the slide is intended to tell the reader.

Global Mapper on the backroom computer is registered and capable of exporting processed raster data.  See me if you need the door opened.

April 7: meet in my lab (BO 108) for a GPS download and processing demo, along with a short intro to Excel array functions.  Here are the data from the GPS and field book.  I have a MD appointment at 9 AM and some days he is slow, I will try my best to be here by 10 AM.  Rotation Matrix instructions.

Process the surveying data and plot them in ArcView on this geotiff (download and open as image theme in ArcView).  Export as an image.  Here are the LiDAR elevation data for the survey area.  Download, unzip and add the shapefile to your view.  How do the LiDAR elevations (in feet) compare to our survey results?

March 24: dress for outdoor lab, plan for 2 - 3 hours.  Bring your GPS if you have one.