GEO 440 Lecture Outline Page
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DATE |
TOPIC |
NOTE |
| SUN: 08.Sept |
Brief review of GIS, Remote Sensing, and GPS. |
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| SUN: 08.Sept | add/drop begins | |
| TUE: 10.Sept |
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN REMOTE SENSING |
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| THU: 12.Sept | Last day to add courses | |
| SUN: 15.Sept | Self-Study |
Reading and Summary due blackboard: |
| TUE: 17.Sept | Self-Study |
GIS Lab.1 |
| SUN: 22.Sept |
GIS Lab.1 |
Education Video-Changing Education Paradigms |
| TUE: 24.Sept |
Reading and Summary: |
(PPT): RS and GIS in Developing Countries: Case of the UAE |
| SUN: 29.Sept |
GIS Lab.2 Where is waste landfill in Al Ain? what type of waste management there is in Al Ain? |
look up waste info. in the UAE and update waste lab info. using gulfnews.com data. |
| http://enviroportal.ead.ae/mapviewer/Default.aspx | ||
| TUE: 01.Oct |
Reading and Summary: The appropriateness of GIS for Regional Planning in the developing world |
(PPT): The appropriateness of GIS for regional planning in the developing world |
| (PPT): The Appropriateness Of GIS for Regional Planning in the Developing World/Author: Klosterman | ||
| SUN: 06.Oct | Application for inter-college transfer /declare or change major | |
| SUN: 06.Oct |
GIS Lab.3 where is it best for the extension of Dubai-Alain road to go through CBD of Al Ain or proposed new extension near Air port road? &why? |
Use GIS for answering the lab question: Dubai-Alain Road |
| Transportation | ||
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Reading and Summary: The application of GIS in urban and regional planning: (a review of the North American experience) |
(PPT): The application of GIS in urban and regional planning: a review of the North American experience | |
| TUE: 08.Oct | Self-Study | Summaries due Blackboard |
| 13 - 19 Oct | Eid - Break | |
| SUN: 20.Oct |
GIS Lab.3 where is it best for the extension of Dubai-Alain road to go through CBD of Al Ain or proposed new extension near Air port road? &why? |
Use GIS for answering the lab question: Dubai-Alain Road |
| Transportation | ||
| TUE: 22.Oct |
Sec.(51): Chapter (1): Introduction: Need for Geographic Information Systems in Decision Support |
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Sec.(01): APA Workshop: UAEU Writing Center |
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| SUN: 27.Oct | Beginning of traditional mid-term examination period | |
| Deadline for inter-college transfer and change/assign major application | ||
| SUN: 27.Oct |
GIS Lab.3 where is it best for the extension of Dubai-Alain road to go through CBD of Al Ain or proposed new extension near Air port road? &why? |
Use GIS for answering the lab question: Dubai-Alain Road |
| Transportation | ||
| TUE: 29.Oct |
Chapter (1): Introduction: Need for Geographic Information Systems in Decision Support |
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| SUN: 03.Nov | Break | |
| TUE: 05.Nov |
Chapter(2): |
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| THU: 06.Nov | End of traditional mid-term examination period | |
| SUN: 10.Nov | Academic Advising period for Spring Semester (2014) begins | |
| SUN: 10.Nov |
Sec(51): |
Video |
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Sec(01): Chapter(2): |
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| TUE: 12.Nov |
Chapter(3): |
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| SUN: 17.Nov | ||
| TUE: 19.Nov | Exam.(1) | |
| SUN: 24.Nov | Registration for Spring Semester (2013) begins | |
| SUN: 24.Nov |
Sec(51):
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Sec(01): |
Video | |
| TUE: 26.Nov |
Self-Study |
www.gistec.com/events/gss/gssagenda.pdf |
| SUN: 01.Dec | Break | |
| TUE: 03.Dec | His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum explores the UAE’s 40 years of achievements | VIDEO |
| SUN: 08.Dec | GIS Lab.4 | |
| TUE: 10.Dec | ||
| 15.Dec-2.Jan | Winter Break | |
| SUN: 05.Jan | AD Urban Plan 2030 | Abu Dhabi Plan 2030 |
| TUE: 07.Jan | Al Ain Plan 2030 | |
| SUN: 12.Jan | Break | |
| TUE: 14.Jan | Al GHARBIA Plan 2030 | |
| SUN: 19.Jan | Poster Workshop | |
| TUE: 21.Jan | Poster Workshop | |
| SUN: 26.Jan | Review Exam.(2) | |
| MON: 27.Jan | Poster Day | |
| TUE: 28.Jan | Exam.(2) | |
| THU: 30.Jan | Last day of classes | |
| SAT: 01.Feb | Final Examinations begin | |
| THU: 06.Feb | Final Examinations end | |
| SUN: 09.Feb | Grades due to Registrar’s Office | |
| MON: 10.Feb | Grades announced |