Schedule of Lectures, Labs and Workshops

1. September 25:
   • Presentation: Using Data to Understand Places
     
   • Assignment: Explore data and metadata resources at MassGIS and The GSD Data Collection and Beyond
   
   
2. September 28:
   • Laboratory Workshop: Handling and Compiling Geographic Data
   • Exercise: Create a Portable, Shareable Data Compilation
   
   
3. October 2:
   • Presentation: Elements of Cartographic Style I
     
   • Exercise: Illustrate critical elements of site context
   
   
4. October 4:
   • Due: Data Compilation CD.
   • Laboratory / Workshop: Mapping Techniques with Nominal, Physical Data
   
   
5. October 9:
   • Due: Exercise 2
   • Presentation: Elements of Cartographic Style II
   • Exercise 3: Develop and Illustrate ideas about Demograpic Context.
   
   
6. October 11:
   • Laboratory: Mapping WIth Nominal and Quantitative Categories
   
   
7. October 16:
   • Presentation: Systems of Ideas, Systems of Information
   
   
8. October 18:
   • Due: Exercise 3 (extended to Monday Oct 18!)
   • Lab: Modeling Development Scenarios
   
   
9. October 23:
   • Representing Development Scenarios in 3D
   • Help Session, Bring Your Data!
   
   
10. October 25:
11. October 30:
    • Lecture: Decision Support Systems, 3D Modeling and CityGML
    
    
12. November 1:
    • Lab: Creating Well Organized Massing Studies in Sketchup