ENY-C2005 - Geoinformation in Environmental Modelling, 13.01.2021-26.02.2021

Topic outline

• Welcome to ENY-C2005 Geoinformation in environmental modelling
  Course starts on Wednesday 13.1.2021 at 10:15

  Before that you can whet your appetite with this video:
  

  
  

      
  

  The course lectures will be held in Zoom. The second lecture is a pre-recorded lecture that will become available in the Lectures folder on Friday 15.1.2021 at 10:15.

  After that, the assignment support sessions are on Mondays and Thursdays at 10:15-12.  and lectures on Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:15-12. The course will be conducted 100% on-line.
  

  
  

  • Great opportunity!

    In connection with this 5-credit course, you can take part in an English module LC-1117 that grants you the 3 ECTS (o+w), fulfilling the university foreign language requirement in English.

     LC-1117 content and schedule are directly connected to those of ENY-C20005, and part of the assignments are shared. The English module will be offered 13.01.-31.3.2021, on Wednesday afternoons 12.30-15.45 in Zoom.  Notice that the oral component of LC-1117 will partly extend over to period 4 (two sessions).

    To join the English group, register for course LC-1117 Integrated Oral and Written Skills in Oodi, and choose group H09. 

    More information about the English module will be offered in the first ENY-C2005 lecture.

    Course programme

    For the programme of lectures and lecture materials go to the Lectures section, for the assignments, assignment schedule  and general instructions go to the Assignments section.

    Grading

    The means of learning on this course are lectures and related reading, assignments, and exam. The exam is voluntary.
    

    The grades are based on the combined assignment and exam points. With just the assignments it is possible to get a maximum grade of 3; with assignments and the exam it is possible to get a maximum grade of 5. Sufficient points must be gained from the exam in order for the exam points to be included in the grade calculation.
    

    For those who did not attend the ArcGIS module in ENG-A1001

    If you are not familiar with GIS software, take a look at the free training materials in "Assignment info" section before you start to do  the assignments.

    Do you have questions?

    Contact university lecturer Jussi Nikander (Jussi.nikander@aalto.fi) by email. Use the course code on the email subject field, please.

    
    

    
    

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• Lectures
  The lecture schedule for the course is as follows. Most lectures will be held on-line in Zoom (link available for students on the main page). Lectures start at 10.15. Zoom lectures will not be recorded.
  

  For video lectures, the lecture video will be added to this page when the lecture starts.
  

  	Date	Topic	Lecturer
  1	Wed 13.1	Introduction, course practicalities	Jussi Nikander
  2	Fri 15.1	geodesy and positioning (video lecture)	Maaria Nordman
  3	Wed 20.1	Spatial data modeling	Jussi Nikander
  4	Fri 22.1	Introduction to vector data analysis	Jussi Nikander
  5	Wed 27.1	Laser scanning	Matti Vaaja, Petri Rönnholm
  6	Fri 29.1	photogrammetry	Matti Vaaja, Petri Rönnholm
  7	Wed 3.2	remote sensing	Miina Rautiainen
  8	Fri 5.2	Visual communication by maps	Jussi Nikander
  9	Wed 10.2	Introduction to spatial statistics	Henrikki Tenkanen
  10	Fri 12.2	Introduction to grid data analysis	Jussi Nikander
  11	Wed 17.2	Geospatial data issues	Jussi Nikander
  12	Fri 19.2	Free

  The material for the lectures will be added here.
  

• Assignments
  On this course we will officially support QGIS 3.10 and ArcGIS Pro 2.5. For 3DF Zephyr Free, we will support the latest version available on the Zephyr website.

  Exercise sessions
  

  Weekly exercise sessions will be held via MS Teams on Mondays and Thursdays at 10-12. In the sessions you can get assistance on how to solve the exercises, or technical assistance on how to work with the programs.
  

  
  

  First exercise session will be on Monday, January 18th at 10-12.
  

  Weekly Assignment Deadlines

  The deadline for each weekly assignment (WA) will be on Sunday evening at 23:55. The return box for the assignment will be closed after this, and late submissions will not be accepted without prior permission from the teacher in charge of the course. 

  
  

  Group Work Assignment Deadlines

  The deadlines for each group work assignment (GW) will be on Thursday evening at 23:55. This is in order to not to have two deadlines at exactly the same time on the course.
  

  
  

  
  

• on-line exams

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