The combination will be given to you in class. You are responsible for maintaining backups of your work. Note that no food or drink is allowed in the lab. Failure to abide by this rule may result in your computer accounts being suspended. Student Evaluation Evaluation will be based on five lab assignments.
All work is to be completed by the last day of class.
Assignment Value in Percent 1. Each student will be responsible for developing a database for a specific area. Lab 1 deals with digitizing and editing spatial features while Lab 2 focuses on attaching attribute data to the features digitized in Lab 1. Lab 3 evaluates the accuracy of the spatial databases developed in the first two assignments and examines the process of joining adjacent map sheets together to form a seamless database for a larger area. Lab 4 addresses issues of relational database design and considers the problems of normalizing a database and linking relational database tables to a GIS feature attribute tables.