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Introduction Final Assignment

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Course overview 1 Week Teaching

methodSubject

1 Lectures / practicals � From reality to GISgeodata, meta data, data models, georeference, map

projections, visualization

� Geo Data handling and analysisdata/action models, queries, transformations, alterations,

surface models

� Remote Sensingspectral signatures, RS�acquisition, pre�processing, image processing, image classification

2 Lectures / practicals

3 Lectures / practicals

4 Lectures / practicals

5 Lectures / practicals

6 Practical Final Assignment

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8 Theory exam: Tuesday December 21, 2010 14.00 – 17.00 (C1)

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6 CASES:

• Soil mapping

• Land use change

• Vineyard suitability

• Soil erosion risk

• Meadow birds

• Infrastructure planning

THEORY / PRACTICALS� GIS concepts

� Data models � Data structures

� Geo data & Meta data� Geo8reference & Map projections� Visualization & Cartography� Data handling

� Query� Transform� Alter

� DEM /Surface models� Remote Sensing

� Spectral signatures� RS acquisition systems� pre8processing� image processing / classification

FINAL ASSIGNMENT� Exploring data

� Selecting data

� Data action model

� Image classification

� Data analysis

� Visualization

� Reporting

GEO- DATA CYCLE

Course overview 2

COURSE MATERIALS:

• Lectures: IGI website

• GIS text book

• RS8reader

• Practical manual;

• Software: ArcGIS/Erdas Imagine

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Final assignment

� week 6

� group work (max 4 students)

� 40% final mark

� 6 different cases 1. Change of nature areas (Veluwe)

2. Digital soil mapping (Betuwe)

3. Planning of a new light rail (Binnenveld)

4. Soil erosion (Utrechtse Heuvelrug)

5. Vineyard suitability analysis (Omgeving Wageningen)

6. Nest site selection by meadow birds (Krimpenerwaard)

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Case 1: Change of nature areas on the Veluwe

� Objectives

� quantify and describe the changes in size of nature areas during the 20th century

� quantify the changes per nature type

• forests

• heath lands

• drift sands

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Case 2: Digital soil mapping in the Neder Betuwe

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� Objectives

� map the soil property ‘clay content’

� examine the relationship between ‘clay content’and ‘elevation’

� examine the relationship between ‘clay content’and ‘land use’

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Case 3: Ligt rail route design between Wageningen and Ede

3� Objectives

� carry out a land suitability analysis forthe light rail track

� design the light rail track(s)

� calculate the approximate costs of the route

� calculate the extra costs of a sound barrier anda special bedding because of wet soils

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Case 4: Soil erosion risk assessment

4� Objectives

� make an inventory of soil erosion factors

� carry out the soil erosion risk classificationbased on chosen soil erosion factors

� create a soil erosion risk map with at least4 erosion risk classes

� create a 2nd soil erosion risk map during wintertime

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Case 5: Suitability analysis for new vineyards in

the neighborhood of Wageningen

5� Objectives

� evaluate and define site requirements for new vineyards

� carry out a vineyard suitability classification using at least 3 site requirements

� design a vineyard suitability map for the study area with at least 4 suitability classes

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Case 6: Nest site selection by meadow birds� Objectives

� find out the influence of soil variables on meadow bird territory locations

� groundwater level

� food abundance

� find out the influence of landscape elements on meadow bird territory locations

� small landscape elements (trees, etc.)

� houses

Study area

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Working procedure

� Understand intended results – objective, target group

� DA diagram sketch – query

� Check available data – data, metadata

� Pre process data – data handling / references / projections

� Design DA diagram – data handling

� Process data – data handling

� Present results – cartography, report

� Validate results – data handling

� Final Presentation – cartography, report

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Final Assignment: results

� Report� Word document about the GIS based methodology (content %)

• Introduction / description of the case (10%)• Methodology (50%)

(data, metadata, Data�Action model, pre�processing, processing, cartography � explain your choices !!)• Presentation of the results (final maps, tables, text) (30%)• Conclusions and discussion about the quality of your work (10%)

� Maximum of 15 pages (including appendices and final flowchart, final map)including minimum of 5 pages text

� Well structured, readable and scientific

� PPT presentation about the results� Maximum of 10 slides� Meant as a ‘management presentation’� Concise and convincing� Attractive and dynamic

� Send project results (Report and PPT):

� as separate files to Willy ten Haaf via http://sendit.wur.nlbefore Friday December 10, 10.00 hours !!

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Final Assignment: assessment

CRITERIA:

� General impression

� report, PPT

� work process

� Methodology (ASK)

� description data

� DA�model / classification method

� use of Geo�terminology

� implementation

� Results

� final maps and tables

� conclusions and discussion

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Final Assignment: data and software

� Download data from IGI site / Course materials:

Think about:

� Final implementation on one PC

� Saving your resultsregularly

� Making your tabular data permanent

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What to do . . . ?� Friday 03 December

� Have a look at the overall repetition exercises again� Form a group of maximum 4 students� Have a look at the different cases on the web and choose one of the cases� Find your team and inform Willy ten Haaf about:

• names of the group members• title of the chosen case• PC room (PC23 / PC24 / PC25 / PC26)

� Monday 06 – Thursday 09 December� Case oriented activities � Appointment with supervisor before starting implementation

• Flowchart / DA diagram � Metadata• Work process

� Friday 10 December� Presentation of case results� Evaluation Final Assignment� Course Evaluation

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