jmg 213e - perancangan akademik 2015-2016

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Academic Planner

JMG 213ETECHNIQUES IN

GEOGRAPHY

Academic Session 2015/2016

WEBEX SESSION CLASS

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Students need to fill in the date and time of webex sessions. Please refer to thevideo conference time table provided for Academic Session 2015/2016.


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JMG 213E/4 – TECHNIQUES IN GEOGRAPHY

COURSE MANAGER : DR. IZHAM MOHAMAD YUSOFF

INTRODUCTION

This course JMG 213(E) – Techniques in Geography is an introductorycourse for students majoring (or minoring) in Geography, consists of fiveprincipal section :

Part I Map making processesPart II Topographic map interpretationsPart III CartographyPart IV Remote Sensing

Part V Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

This course is structured using Map Use & Analysis authored by JohnCampbell (2001) as the main text. Additional materials are sourced fromGeographic Information Systems and Science (Longley et.al, 2001) andRemote Sensing and Image Interpretation. (Lillesand and Kiefer, 1979).

COURSE CONTENT

Part I Map making processes (Chapter 1, 2 & 3) Different types of maps Mapping the earth Map projections

Part II Topographic map interpretations (Chapter 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8) Direction determination and map orientation Terrain representation and contour interpretation Distance measurement and area determination Topographic features

Part III Cartography (Chapter 2, 3, 4 & 13) Cartograms and special – purpose maps Graphs and charts Linear, areal and surface symbols Networks Shape and point patterns

Part IV Remote Sensing (Chapter 11 & 12) Foundations of remote sensing Aerial photography Introduction to airphoto interpretation

Remote sensing from space


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Part V Geographic information systems (Chapter 14) Introduction to geographic information systems Geographic information systems applications Geographic information systems components Geographic information systems data collection

* Chapters above are numbered based on Contents of the provided text book- Page iii, (Campbell, 2001).

COURSE ASSESSMENT

Students registered for this course are required to sit for the final examinationat the end of the academic session, submitting one graded assignments,under go continuous assessment test and hands-on test - both duringintensive course.

(a) The Final Examination (60%)

The final examination paper will consists of a practical and theoreticalcomponents covering all the five parts of the course.

(b) The graded assignments (20%)

Assignments: Individual projects will be assigned to illustrate thetheory/principles taught in the lectures and must be submitted to begraded (compulsory). Although the emphasis is on the substance of thematerial submitted, presentation will be considered for grading. LATE submission will not be accepted. You can work together on theassignments/exercises but the write-up and the work you submittedMUST be your own.

Assignment Topic

To what extend does GIS benefits the contribution of Cartography,Remote Sensing and Aerial Photogrammetry technologies towards

producing high quality maps and its interpretations in Malaysia? Stateyour reason and examples based on (1) one of the sub-topics below:

a) Storm water modelling

b) Demographic analysis

c) Military operation

d) Tourism


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Your assignment must be organized based on the following sub-sections:

1. Introduction

2. Study Area

3. Literature Review

4. Methodology

5. Analysis

6. Conclusions

7. References

Due date for the submission of the assignments is on 11th March 2016.

(c) Continuous Assessment/Test (10%)

In order to access your knowledge of the Present Techniques inGeography a continuous assessment test will be carried out during theintensive course.

(d) Practical during intensive course (10%)

Students are required to sit for hands-on test to access the ability toperform spatial data analysis and processing using ArcGIS software.

INTENSIVE COURSE

There will be series of tutorials, lab session and hands-on test during yourvisit for Intensive Course in USM, scheduled from 19th January 2016 till 7thFebruary 2016. Manuals will be provided for hands-on training session.

WEBEX SESSION

There are SIX allocated webex session slots as stated below :

Webex Session Discussion Topic

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Map projectionsTerrain representation and contour interpretationMaps and graphs Airphoto interpretationGeographic information systems data collectionRevision (VC1 to VC5)


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Detailed contents of the Webex Session

Webex Session No. 1

Topic: Map projectionsReference: Campbell, 2001 – Chapter 1, 2 and 3

Discussions projection surfaces

plane, cone and cylinder

gnomonic, streographic and ortographic positions orientation of a projection surface

• regular cylindrical

• regular conic

• transverse cylindrical

• polar azimuthal

• oblique cylindrical

• oblique azimutal

globe characteristicsconformality, equivalence, distance and direction

projection effects

• Mercator, simisoidal, azimuthal equidistant

• the Miller cylindrical, the Robinson, the Winkel Tripel

projection selection

• Mercator

• Lambert

• ortographic

Webex Session No. 2

Topic: Terrain representation and contour interpretationReference: Campbell, 2001 – Chapter 6, 7 and 8

Discussions

contour lines and spot heights hill shading physiographic diagrams block diagrams contour interpretation

characteristics

elevation estimationprofiling and vertical exaggerationdrawing a profileslope determination


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Webex Session No. 3

Topic: Maps and graphsReference: Campbell, 2001 – Chapter 9 and 10

Discussions

line graphs

• variables, types of scales

• multiple – line graphs, silhoutte graphs

• accumulative line graphs (the Lorenz curves)

• line graphs using index values

• logarithmic line graphs

surface graphs bar charts

• symbols and scales

pie charts

area and volumetric diagrams

• graduated circles (proportional circle symbols)

• realistic figures

special diagrams

• scatter diagrams

• population profile• circular graphs (climatographs)

• triangular graphs

Webex Session No. 4

Topic: Aerial photo and Remote SensingReference: Campbell, 2001 – Chapter 11, 12 and 13

Discussions

aerial photo productsprints, photomosaics and orthophoto maps

photo interpretation fundamentals (visual clues)

• shape

• shadow

• site

• size

• tone

• pattern

• texture


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airphoto scales

• small-scale (1:60,000 or smaller)

• medium-scale (1:12,000 to 1:60,000)

• large-scale (larger than 1:12,000)

basic photo interpretation equipment• stereoscope: lens steoscope, mirror stereoscope,

zoom streoscope

• transparent dot grid overlay

• polar planimeter

• electronic digitizer system

• electronic image analyzer

remote sensing imagery

• example of remote sensing systems

aerial photo / remote sensing interpretation utilization

• geologic and soil mapping

• land use and land information systems

• agricultural and forestry applications

• water resources applications(water pollution, lake eutrophication, flood damage)

• urban and regional planning applications

• environmental impact assessment

• wildlife ecology applications

• archeological and historical sites studies

Webex Session No. 5

Topic: Geographic information systems (GIS) data collectionReference: Campbell, 2001 – Chapter 13 and 14

Discussions

the four basic data types

points, lines, polygons (areas), surfaces

georeferencing (locational information) and labeling of atrribute codes data collection workflow

• planning, preparation and digitizing

primary geographic data capture methods

• raster data capturedigital remote-sensing imagesdigital saerial photographsscanned maps

digital elevation models from maps


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vector data captureglobal position system (GPS) measurementssurvey measurementstopographic mapsplacenames (toponymy) databases

manual digitizing basic stepsmap documentdigitizing well-distributed control pointslevel of generalizationdata capturecheck for errors and editing

Webex Session No. 6

Topic: Revision (VC1 - VC5)Reference: Campbell, 2001

STUDY ADVICE

1. Do not stress if you have a poor command of the English language.

2. Make an effort to understand the main points and ideas contained ina paragraph.

3. Make an organised note about each topic learned.

4. Practise often.

5. Converse in English daily.

6. Do not panic. Life is a struggle and NEVER GIVE UP.

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