2  Possible Course Outline for a 5 Week MiniCourse

  1. Introduction
    • Introduction to the Course
    • Introduction to Shapefiles (and Possibly sf Objects) As GIS Data
    • Introduction to Appropriate Software: R / RStudio / sf / ggplot; or ArcGIS; or QGIS
    • Quick Mapping Exercise
  2. Better Maps
    • Symbology
    • Joining by Attribute
    • Basemaps e.g. leaflet
  3. Data With Geographic Coordinates & Geographic Concepts
    • Data With Latitude and Longitude
    • Projections
    • Coordinate Reference Systems
  4. Geocoding and Geoprocessing
    • Geocoding
    • Geoprocessing (Spatial joins; Spatial Selection; Selection by Attribute)
  5. Lab Day for Final Projects