GISWR 2014 Computation Skills Fall 2014
Location, Distance and Area on Earth Conversion of degrees, minutes and seconds to decimal degrees Computation of distance along parallels and meridians Computation of area Question 1 of Midterm 2013 Question 3 of Homework 1, 2014
Map Projections Types of map projections (Conic, Cylindrical, Azimuthal) Projection parameters and how they lay out on a map Origin in geographic and projected coordinate systems Location in a coordinate system Question 1 of Homework 3, 2014 Question 1 of Midterm 2013
Working with Rasters Filling in pits Determining slope Determining flow direction Determining flow accumulation Defining streams Defining watersheds Determine drainage density Homework 2, 2014 Ex3 Solution 2014 Question 3 of Midterm 2013
Watershed analysis Defining watersheds using DEM analysis Raster to vector conversion of watersheds Determining properties of watersheds and subwatersheds Relating precipitation to runoff Question 2, Midterm 2013 Ex3 Solution 2014