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                Course
                
			CEE 240 Geographic Information Systems in Engineering

                  	Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits; Lab 3 hours

			Spring Semester, 2020 (offered at ODU Main campus only)
			


			Call Number:

			
27850 (Lecture)
			

			
21106 (Laboratory: Friday Section)
			

			
21666 (Laboratory: Monday Section)
			

			

			Course Website: http://asellus.cee.odu.edu/gis/
			

				
	

                Session
                Spring; January 11 (Sa) through April 27 (M), 2020
	

                Time/Locations
                
			

			
Lecture: 
			
Friday 12:00-12:50 PM at KH 224
			


			
Laboratory: (CEE Computing Laboratory, CEECL, KH 131)
			
Friday  1:00-4:50 PM at KH 131
				

			Monday  12:00-3:50 PM at KH 131
				

				** flexible lab scheduling **
				

				(CEECL will be also accessible for your lab exercises
				throughout normal weekdays 10:00 AM -- 5:00 PM, plus
				software downloads of AutoCAD & ArcGIS for home usage
				as well as doing lab sessions over the Internet (via ODU MoVE) -- 
				literally 24/7 access)
			

				
	

                Prerequisite
                
		MATH 212/Calc II and Sophomore standing or higher.
  
		Students are also expected to have a general background in computer.
				
	

                Instructors
                
			Jaewan Yoon, Associate Professor, CEE, 
			
			KH 130
			

			Phone: (757) 683-4724

			Fax: (757) 683-5354

			E-mail: <jyoon@odu.edu> 
				
	

                Office Hours
                1:00-3:00 PM T; Open and Extensive, 
			both in-person and via e-mails.
		
        

                Lab Assistant Information
                
			
			Mason Calvert, CEE

                		
	


			











	
        Course Description
	




 
 



This course is to provide the student of general 
knowledges in CAD (Computer-Aided Design /Drafting) 
and GIS (Geographic Information System) methodologies 
that are widely used in various civil and environmental 
engineering fields. Fundamentals and introduction to 
emerging CAD/GIS technologies will be discussed.




The first half of this course is devoted 
to introducing concepts and essential 
techniques in using CAD (Computer-Aided 
Design/Drafting). Topics include fundamental 
drawing and editing techniques necessary to 
creating and plotting/printing 2D drawings. 
Application emphasis will be on AutoCAD software; 
AutoCAD 2018 available at KH 131 CEE Computing 
laboratory (CEECL) and other platforms (at ODU MoVE site or installed 
in student's computer) will be used for laboratory exercises. 










To get a free download of 3-yr licensed AutoCAD software (so that you can practice AutoCAD at home),
go to 
Autodesk Education Community website (http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/featured) 
and register first.  Once you have created an account, 
download AutoCAD 2018 to your personal computer and install.  Whole
process would take about 10 minutes (will vary depending on your 
Internet connection speed)









 


The second half of the course is devoted 
to an introduction to the history, fundamental 
principles, and current topics in GIS 
(Geographic Information System). Topics 
include data structures, spatial/temporal 
relationships of geographic information, 
spatial data acquisition and preparation, 
database management, analytical functionalities 
in GIS, hardware and software and 
engineering application case studies. 
ArcGIS Pro available at KH 131 
CEECL and other platforms (at ODU MoVE site or installed
in student's computer) will be used for laboratory exercises. 




For AutoCAd and ArcGIS access modes and step-by-step software 
installation guide, please see "Software for the Class" menu 
in the CEE 240 course in BB.







	






        
        ABET Learning Outcomes
        




 
 




Student Outcome SO6:  An ability to recognize the ongoing need for 
additional knowledge, to choose appropriate learning strategies, 
and to apply this knowledge:



        
    
        
  1. SO6-PI1: Capable of recognizing the ongoing need for additional 
		knowledge and choose an appropriate learning strategy
        










        









	
        Required Materials
	









	
	
		
    
		
  1. Coursepack for CAD Module
		
    

		For CAD module, a Coursepack that contains Introduction to CAD materials and 
		CAD laboratory exercises is used. 
		Coursepack is made available through Blackboard 
		at no cost in a PDF file to students 
		registered to CEE 240 in Spring, 2020.  
		
    

		
    
		CEE 240 Coursepack & Laboratory Workbook,
	 	2018, Rev. 3, , 
		Jaewan Yoon, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 
		College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University.
		
    

		
		
    
		
    


		
    

		**DO NOT** print this coursepack in KH 131 
		CEE Computing Laboratory -- you *will* be charged with an 
		applicable printing cost.  
		
    
		
    

		
  2. Laboratory Workbook for GIS Module
		
    

                For GIS module, a laboratory workbook is used 
                for GIS exercises and assignments.
                
    


		
    
                Mastering ArcGIS Pro, 1st Ed.,
     
		Maribeth Price, Mcgraw-Hill College, January 28, 2019,
     
		Loose Leaf Text, ISBN: 1260587371

		
    

		
    
		
		
    
                
    
		
    

                
    

		
  3. A Thumb drive for CAD/GIS Modules
		
    

		An USB Thumb drive (or Flash drive) with a minimum of 
		2 GB caqpacity 
		(or the larger the better) is 
		required for your CAD & GIS module laboratory works. 
		
    

		Many of CAD/GIS 
		module lab exercises are cumulative and continued to next lab, 
		thus you need to save *ALL* your lab files to your thumb drive 
		and directly work on them from your thumb drive. (Do *NOT* save
		your lab files to computer's hard drive -- lab computers are
		regularly cleaned up for system maintenance)
		
    

		Particularly, all your GIS lab exercises require using sample 
		datasets came along with your GIS Laboratory Workbook.  
		Before GIS module starts,
		download sample datasets to your USB thumb drive by unzipping
		"gisclass_Pro1e.zip"
		 (229 MB).
		
    

		
      
		
    1. Download sample datasets, 
		"gisclass_Pro1e.zip"
		
    2. Unzip "gisclass_Pro1e.zip" by double-clicking it
		
    3. Set the extraction folder to
			
      
			
      
			<Your USB Thumb drive>\mgisdata
			
      
			
      

		
    4. Click on "Unzip" button
		
    5. When completed, click on "Close" button to exit
		
    
		
    

		

		Make it sure that you always bring your USB Thumb 
		drive to your laboratory session.
		
    


		*** Alternatively, you can use your student ODU webdirive (if mounted to H: drive) 
		to save and access your lab files.
		
		

		
		



			







	





	
        Grading Policy
	




 
 






        
        
        Honor System
        







The Old Dominion University Honor Code applies to all works
associated with this course.
Academia is all about pride and
respect,
and the Honor Code is the heart of it.



Each lab assignment and module final exam must
have your signature and hand-written "Honor Code pledge"
at the top of the first page that signify your observance on the rules of the
Honor Code.



Any shades of plagiarism or dishonesty will
result in an immediate failure of this course, period.











	
	
	Final Grade Assignment
	











        Elements
        Max. Pts. Each
        %


        

        

        




        CAD/Exam
        100 points
        30%


        CAD/Lab Assignments
        100 points
        70%


         
         
         




        GIS/Exam
        100 points
        30%



        GIS/Lab Assignments
        100 points
        70%


        

        

        



        Total
         
        200%


        Cumulative Total (normalized to 100%)
         
        100%











	
	Letter grades will be based on brackets (see right) out 
	of the 100% total.  

	For the 100-90% bracket, equal or 
	greater than 95% will be A,
	then A-.  For other brackets, equal or greater than x7 will get +,
	between x3 and x0 will get -.
	

	A normalized cumulative total equals 
	to a 70 percentile or higher will guarantee you a grade of C- or 
	better. A normalized cumulative total smaller than a 60 percentile will 
	guarantee you a grade of F.


	
	Noup, what you see is what you get, 
	grading will *not* be based on the curve.
			
	 
	
	

	

        	100%-95%
	        A 
	

        	< 95%-90%
	        A-
        

                < 90%-87%
                B+
        

                < 87%-83%
                B 
	

        	< 83%-80%
	        B-
        

                < 80%-77%
                C+
        

                < 77%-73%
                C 
	

        	< 73%-70%
	        C-
	

        	< 70%-67%
	        D+
        

                < 67%-63%
                D 
        

                < 63%-60%
                D-
	

        	< 60%
	        F 
	

	

















	
	
	Grading Criteria
	





	

	
	
    
        
  1. 
                Lab assignments (CAD & GIS modules) are idealy 
		expected at the end of 
		each laboratory exercise. However, you may (or should) 
		wish to take more time to 
		digest/experiment with lab exercise elements.
		
    

		Since we are on 'flexible scheduling' for lab sessions, 
		each lab assignment, at latest, should be submitted/uploaded directly
		to Blackboard for credits before the beginning 
		of following Friday's lecture. 
        
    
		After this 1-week cycle, any late lab assignment will 
		*NOT* be accepted 
		 once Blackboard upload period expired.


        
            
    

	
  2. 
		All your Lab assignments (CAD & GIS modules) will be 
		saved into a PDF file format (i.e., no hardcopy printout)
		and directly submitted/uploaded to Blackboard *before*
		following week's Friday Lecture time.
	
    

	
  3. All CAD module Lab assignments are in the Coursepack,
		and due by following Friday, before the lecture. (one week cycle)
	
    

	
  4. GIS module Lab Assignments and homeworks 
		will be assigned from GIS Workbook at the end of each Friday lecture,
		and due by the following Friday, before the lecture. (one week cycle)
		Homeworks must be typed neatly using your favorite wordprocessor.
	
    


	
        
    

	
  5.  Each module Final exam will be a comprehensive exam
		that covers all topics discussed in 
		each module.  
		Each Final exam will be given in a full class period, and
		it will be a closed book, closed note exam.
        
    

	
  6. Your cumulative grade will be posted on the 
		
		latest grade page in class website
		as soon as the grading is done per assignment/exam.
        
    

	
  7. If you believe your exam(s) was incorrectly graded 
		for some valid reason, please bring it to me with a detailed explanation.
		I reserve the right to completely regrade homework(s)/exam(s) that 
		has been returned. (Regraded result could be either better or worse 
		than the original grade). 
	
    

	

			
	





	








	
	
	Attendance Policy
	





Due to the nature of closely knitted course topics, 
any absence will definitely 
have a *VERY* negative effect on the student's learning curve and 
overall performance.  



If a student must miss a class, 
the student is expected to have the 
initiative to cover on their own materials that were missed.  
Being absent is not an excuse. 
The student must meet all course requirements and be present for 
assigned laboratory sessions and examinations. 



	






	
        Course Timeline
	






 








CEE 240 Geographic Information Systems in Engineering

Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits; Lab 3 hours

Spring Semester, 2020 (offered at ODU Main campus only) 

Call Number: 27850 (Lecture)/21106 (Lab: Friday)/21666 (Lab: Monday) 

** flexible lab scheduling ** 

Spring; Janunary 11 through April 27, 2020








Today is 










        
        
	Important Dates to Remember
        













        CAD Module Final Exam
        Feb 28 (Friday) 

        12:00-12:50 PM (50 minutes)		


        Spring Break (No Laboratory/Lecture) 
        March 9 (Monday) through 14 (Saturday)


        GIS Module Final Exam
        April 24 (Friday)

        12:00-12:50 PM (50 minutes)		






















	Session
	Date
	Module
	 
	Topics
	Read





	2
	Jan 13M
	CAD
	
	
	

	
	No Lab

	(Class has not offically started)
	
	

			
	 



	1
	Jan 17
F		
	CAD
	Lect #1
	
	

	Introduction, Engineering ethics and professionalism,
		basic concepts of CAD, coordinate systems, 
		scale, basic maneuvers, file I/O. Important commands, 
		variables, and wildcards, coordinate methods.
	

			
	Coursepack



	2
	Jan 17F
Jan 20M		
	CAD
	
	
	

	
	No Lab

	(First week of the class & Martin Luther King Day)
	
	

			
	 



	3
	Jan 25
F		
	CAD
	Lect #2
	
	

	Basic drawing setup, units, limits, snap. Basic drawing 
	of line, circle, arc, point. Modifying existing drawing entities.
	

			
	Coursepack



	4
	Jan 24F
Jan 27M		
	CAD
	Lab #1
	
	

	Lab exercises for Lecture #1 and #2 topics
	

			
	Coursepack



	5
	Jan 31
F		
	CAD
	Lect #3
	
	

	Core 'Modify' commands. Entity arraying and mirroring 
	concepts and basic techniques. Viewing entities.  Layer 
	concepts, and entity attribute manipulation including layer, 
	linetypes, color, ltscale.
	

	

			
	Coursepack



	6
	Jan 31F
Feb 3M		
	CAD
	Lab #2
	
	

	Lab exercises for Lecture #3 topics
	

			
	Coursepack



	7
	Feb 7
F		
	CAD
	Lect #4
	
	

	Plotting and printing basics. Polyline editing techniques;
	pedit/explode.
	Polyline entities; divide, measure, solid, boundary and 
	region (Boolean operation).
	Intermediate editing techniques; 
	Chprop, change and object properties.
	

			
	Coursepack



	8
	Feb 7F
Feb 10M		
	CAD
	Lab #3
	
	

	Lab exercises for Lecture #4 topics
	

			
	Coursepack



	9
	Feb 14
F		
	CAD
	Lect #5
	
	

	Construct and measure of drawing entities; 
	offset, mline, fillet and chamfer.  
	Text creation and editing techniques.; text, dtext|ddedit and mtext. 
	

	
	
	

			
	Coursepack

		



	10
	Feb 14F
Feb 17M		
	CAD
	Lab #4
	
	

	Lab exercises for Lecture #5 topics
	

			
	Coursepack



	11
	Feb 21
F		
	CAD
	Lect #6
	

	

	Block concept. Techniques of creating, editing, 
	inserting block entities. Manipulation of entity 
	attributes; techniques to create, edit, update, 
	extract attributes. Basic hatch pattern and 
	hatch boundary techniques. Basic projection and view. 
	Dealing with multiple views. 
	

			
	Coursepack

		



	12
	Feb 21F
Feb 24M		
	CAD
	Lab #5
	
	

	Lab project for Logo Design
	
	

			
	Coursepack



	13
	Feb 28
F		
	CAD
	
	
	
	

	CAD Module Final Exam

        12:00-1:00 PM (1 hour)
	

			
	
	

		



	14
	Feb 28F
Mar 2M		
	GIS
	Lab #0
	
	

	No Laboratory
	

			
	
	








        
Session
        Date
        Module
         
        Topics
        Read




        15
        Mar 6
F		
        GIS
        Lect #1
	
        

        Introduction to GIS; Background historical 
	development. Essential elements of a GIS. 
	Spatial data principles. Map and attribute 
	- their significance in GIS.
        

        		
	Lecture Note





	16
	Mar 6F
        GIS
        Lab #1
	
	

	Lab exercises #1

        (due by March 20, Friday)
	

	
    
	
  • Chapter 1. What is GIS (Page 25)
    
	
  • Chapter 2. Mapping GIS Data (Page 60)
    
	
  • Chapter 5. Managing Vector Data (Page 161)
    
	

	

			
	Lab Workbook





        17
        Mar 9M
        GIS
        
	
	
        

	No Monday Laboratory

	Spring Break (March 9-14/M-Sa)
        

        		
        





	18
	Mar 13F
        GIS
        
	
	
	

	No Lecture

	Spring Break (March 9-14/M-Sa)
	

			
        





        19
        Mar 16M
        GIS
        Lab #1
	
        

	Lab exercises #1

	(due by March 20, Friday)
        

        
    
	
  • Chapter 1. What is GIS (Page 25)
    
	
  • Chapter 2. Mapping GIS Data (Page 60)
    
	
  • Chapter 5. Managing Vector Data (Page 161)
    
        

	

        		
	Lab Workbook





        20
        Mar 20
F		
        GIS
        Lect #2
        
        

        Spatial data structure and algorithms - Raster/ Vector.
        Error modeling and Data uncertainty.
        

        		
        Lecture Note





	21
	Mar 20F
Mar 23M		
        GIS
        Lab #2
	
	

	Lab exercises #2
 

        
    
        
  • Chapter 7. Attribute Data (page 227)
    
        

	

			
	Lab Workbook





        22
        Mar 27
F		
        GIS
        Lect #3
	
        

        Spatial data acquisition. Sources, collection and integration of 
	spatial data. Data quality. Digital data acquisition - Satellite image 
	processing and Global Positioning System(GPS).
	

        		
        Lecture Note





	23
	Mar 27F
Mar 30M		
        GIS
        Lab #3
	
	

	Lab exercises #3
        

        
    
        
  • Chapter 8. Editing (page 258)
        

	

			
	Lab Workbook





        24
        Apr 3
F		
        GIS
        Lect #4
	
        

        Database Management System - Concept. Structures and access 
	methods. SQL (Structured Query Language). Temporal data 
	principles. 
	

        		
        Lecture Note





	25
	Apr 3F
Apr 6M		
        GIS
        Lab #4
	
        

	Lab exercises #4
	

        
    
        
  • Chapter 9. Queries (page 293)
    
        

	

			
	Lab Workbook





        26
        Apr 10
F		
        GIS
        Lect #5
	
        

        Database Management System - 
	Analytical functionalities of GIS; 
	overlay, buffer, network analysis. 
	

	
        		
        Lecture Note





	27
	Apr 10F
Apr 13M		
        GIS
        Lab #5
	
	

	Lab exercises #5
	

        
    
        
  • Chapter 10. Joins and Overlay (page 324)
        

        


			
	Lab Workbook





        28
        Apr 17
F		
        GIS
        Lect #6
	
        

        Strategy for a GIS implementation; problem domain 
	conceptualization, procedures, logistics, 
	do and don't. Hardware and software for GIS. 
	Selection criteria for a GIS. GIS applications.
        

        		
        Lecture Note





	29
	Apr 17F
Apr 20M		
        GIS
        Lab #6
	
	

	Lab exercises #6
	

        
    
        
  • Chapter 11. Raster Analysis (page 353)
    
        

	

			
	Coursepack





        29
        Apr 24
F		
        GIS
        
	
        
        

        GIS Module Final Exam

	12:00-1:00 PM (1 hour)
        

        		
	





















 
 

 

 
 
	
 
		 
		 
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