Topic outline

  • Welcome to the course!

    The information for the Fall 2021 edition of the GIS-E1070 Theories and techniques in GIS -course will be added here before the beginning of Period II studies. The primary teacher for the course will be university lecturer Jussi Nikander (firstname.lastname@aalto.fi).

    Some preliminary information:

    • First event on the course will be the introductory lecture on November 3rd at 14-16 (2-4 pm)
    • The course will be held mostly on-line according to current Aalto ENG guidelines for teaching
    • We will explore the option to have one of the two weekly exercise sessions to be held both on-line and on-campus; details will be given later, and at the moment we cannot guarantee anything
    • In order to do well on the course, you should have passed GIS-E1030 Introduction To Spatial Methods AND know how to code using the python language. Familiarity with the arcpy library is recommended
    • Access to the ArcGIS Pro software is also strongly recommended (You can make do with other tools, but then we cannot provide you with the same level of support)
    More information will be added later. Welcome to the course!
    Jussi

    • The schedule for the course

      Date

      Time

      Topic

      Wed 3.11

      14-16

      Introduction to the course and fundamental spatial concepts

      Thu 4.11

      10-12

      Modeling and representing geospatial information on computers

      Wed 10.11

      14-16

      Basic data structures and algorithms, simple spatial problems for algorithms

      Thu 11.11

      10-12

      Polygon networks, polygon topology, Voronoi and Delaunay

      Wed 17.11

      14-16

      Raster data 1: fundamentals, map algebra, raster data storage and indexing

      Thu 18.11

      10-12

      Raster data 2: shortest paths in raster data, viewshed calculation, spatial data subdivisions

      Wed 24.11

      14-16

      Spatial graph problems

      Thu 25.11

      10-12

      Range searching and windowing

      Wed 1.12

      14-16

      GIS databases, spatial data in databases, GIS Software

      Thu 2.12

      10-12

      3d visualization (by Petri Rönnholm)

      Wed 8.12

      14-16

      Examples and experience from practice

      Thu 9.12

      10-12

      In reserve

      Tue 14.12

      9-12

      		 EXAM, (will be held on-line)


      In addition to the lectures, there will be 5 rounds of exercises on the course. The preliminary schedule for the exercise sessions is shown below. The exercise sessions will be held on-line (environment to be announced later).

      Date

      Time

      Topic

      Notes

      Tue 2.11

      10-12

      No session

       

      Fri 5.11

      10-12

      Round 1 (on-line)

       

      Tue 9.11

      10-12

      Round 1 (U351 + on-line)

      Round 1 DL on 10.11

      Fri 12.11

      10-12

      Round 2 (on-line)

       

      Tue 16.11

      10-12

      Round 2 (U351 + on-line)

      Round 2 DL on 17.11

      Fri 19.11

      10-12

      Round 3 (on-line)

       

      Tue 23.11

      10-12

      Round 3 (U351 + on-line)

      Round 3 DL on 24.11

      Fri 26.11

      10-12

      Rounds 4 & 5 (on-line)

       

      Tue 30.11

      10-12

      Rounds 4 & 5 (on-line)

      Round 4 DL on 1.12

      Fri 3.12

      10-12

      Rounds 4 & 5 (on-line)

       

      Tue 7.12

      10-12

      Rounds 4 & 5 (on-line)

      Round 5 DL on 8.12

      Fri 10.12

      10-12

      All remaining exercises, final session (on-line)

       


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  • Weekly assignments

    The weekly assignments use the same Zoom meeting room as the course lectures. The course staff will be present at the meeting room during the exercise session times (Tue and Fri at 10-12). Those who require one-to-one instructions or wish to e.g. share their screen with the staff will be invited to a breakout room for privacy. On Tuesdays the staff will be physically present at classroom U351 at Aalto campus in Otaniemi.

    See below how you can request for assistance.

  • Exams

  • Course results and grading

    In order to pass the course, you need to:

    • Get at least 13 points from the weekly exercise sessions (maximum 30 points)
    • Get at least 13 points from the exam (maximum 30 points)
    • Have a point total from both exercises and exam that gives you a grade 1 or better (last year 27 points was enough for grade 1 and 50 points for grade 5, it varies a bit depending on the exam results)