Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Urban Studies and
Planning
| 11.520: A Workshop on Geographic Information Systems |
| 11.188: Urban Planning and Social Science Laboratory |
In-Lab Notes - Nov. 29, 2010
This week's schedule:
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Today, Nov. 29 in 37-312 -
- Feedback from test
- Expanded solutions (with sample maps) are posted online: http://mit.edu/11.520/www/test
- Common errors:
- Joining via FID instead of 'join by location'
- Running out of time
- See solutions for other issues, variations, accepted answers
- All graded tests have been uploaded to Stellar
- Statistics: mean ~ 86 with a standard deviation ~ 10
- Our assessment:
- the class did well - we did not expect 100%
- above average is A level work
- within about one standard deviation below average is B level work
- the test is only part of the semester grade (23%) whereas the project is 18%, homework 30, and labs 25
- Project work
- Lab tips:
- Set your 'scratch workspace' to c:\usertemp\arcscratch for
improved performance in 37-312 (and on cron machines)
- Move large shapefiles to c:\usertemp\myproject for computation
intensive tasks (and then back when done)
- Title and Abstract
- Update current draft by end of day on the Google doc from Shan's email
- You can continue to revise this during the week
- Do you have all the data you need?
- That is, have you revised project to need only the data you have?
- Do you need to use the GIS lab for
- time series census data (from the GeoLytics CD)
- ESRI's US streetmap for address matching?
- Rest of this week
- We are trying to reserve 37-312 for Wed., Dec. 1 from 2-4+ (we will let you know via email)
- If we cannot reserve 37-312, we will meet in 14E-310 for one-on-one project discussion with limited computers (you can work on your own in GIS lab, CRON, etc. if that is your best use of time)
- Remember office hours this week and usual Friday+Sunday lab times
- Monday, Dec. 12: Project presentations in CRN classroom (9-554)
Next week's schedule: Project Presentations
We will update the class project page with Monday and Wednesday times and locations for presentations. We will likely have 4 minutes each plus 1 minute for questions and 1 minute transition. We will be in the lecture room (14E-310) from 1:45 to 3:30 on Monday and in 9-451 from 1 to 5 on Wednesday. We will need volunteers to go on the first day (Monday, Dec. 6) and outside the 2-3:30 Wed. time slot in order to fit everyone in during the times that we can reserve needed rooms. The TAs will email further details including an online signup sheet.
Created by Joseph Ferreira.
Last Modified for 2010: 29 Nov. 2010 (jf)
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