Determining Greenway Potential in Western New York State

LU_Lord.zip

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Learning Unit Description:

The Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training Project (iGETT) presents a series of Learning Units (LU) designed to incorporate federal land remote sensing data into Geographic Information System (GIS) instruction. The Determining Greenway Potential in Western New York State, by Robert Lord of Niagara County Community College, uses Landsat imagery to determine the extent of mixed forest and other land covers between the greenway of the Niagara Gorge, and the greenway of the Genesee Valley near Rochester, and uses Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) determine the location and extent of the escarpment between the two existing greenways.

The iGETT Learning Units amount to about two weeks of instruction and are designed for use both as “skills-based case studies and building blocks for new courses.” All LUs are intended for students with a basic understanding of GIS. Each LU includes three core documents, an instructor’s guide, a student guide, and a curriculum support document, as well as the remote sensing data needed to complete the unit. This course requires successful completion of an introductory (or 100 level) course in Geographic Information Systems, and recommends introductory coursework in human, physical, or regional geography.

Upon completion of the lesson, students should have a basic understanding of how to locate and download remote sensing imagery for use, analyze and interpret this imagery, move between GIS and remote sensing software, transform data and imagery, and effectively communicate reasoning and results through means like posters and PowerPoint presentations.

For orientation purposes, viewers should begin with Lord_Thumbnail.pdf, which offers a description of the LU as well as an overview of topics covered, required software, and the intended audience.

Lesson Contents:

The attached files associated with this LU exist in a variety of formats and a variety of geospatial data file types.

Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

Documents
- Lesson Overview (Lord_Thumbnail.pdf 586KB)
- Instructor Guide (Lord_IG_Final.pdf 1.9MB)
- Student Handout (Lord_SH_Final.pdf 4.6MB)
- Curriculum Support Document (Greenway_Lord_CS.pdf 140KB)
- GMSupport_Documents (GMSupport_Documents.zip 41.7MB)
  - Background
    - Gypsy_Moth_Manual
      - (gypsy_moth_manual.pdf 2.6MB)
    - Ohio_Method
      - (Hurley%20Angela%20Lorraine.pdf 5.2MB)
      - (burke_pap.pdf 265KB)
      - (burke_hurley.pdf 5.6MB)
    - Old_Gypsy _Moth_Article
      - trouvelot_1867.pdf
    - Sketchmapping
      - (Sketchmapping.pdf 7.7MB)
      - (GISHandbook_rev_nov2005.pdf 495KB)
    - Slow_the_Spread
      - (sharov_2002a.pdf 1.3MB)
      - (IPMPresentation.ppt 6.1MB)
    - Virginia_Method
      - (20080008851_2008008504.pdf 6.1MB)
      - (SSTI-2220-0109_n spruce.ppt 5.8MB)
  - Digital_Images
    - (ylwong-primer-chapter-2-imaging.pdf 4.9MB)
  - Homework
    - (Post_Lab_Homework.docx 13KB)
    - (Pre_Lab_Homework.docx 14KB)
Data
- LordData1 (LordData1.rar 128.5MB)
  - DEMs
    - DEM_47123769
      - info (5 data files, 4KB)
      - 47123769 (7 data files, 95.4MB)
      - (METADATA.shp.xml 15KB)
      - (47123769.aux 534KB)
      - (47123769.rrd 7.5MB)
      - (meta1.html 25KB)
      - (METADATA.dbf 21KB)
      - (METADATA.prj 167 bytes)
      - (METADATA.shp 5KB)
      - (METADATA.shx 292 bytes)
      - (Metadata.xml 12KB)
    - DEM_05443319
      - info (5 data files, 4KB)
      - 05443319 (7 data files, 95.4MB)
      - (METADATA.shp.xml 15KB)
      - (05443319.aux 534KB)
      - (05443319.rrd 7.6MB)
      - (meta1.html 25KB)
      - (METADATA.dbf 20KB)
      - (METADATA.prj 167 bytes)
      - (METADATA.shp 46KB)
      - (METADATA.shx 284 bytes)
      - (Metadata.xml 12KB)
    - DEM_05261299
      - info (5 data files, 4KB)
      - 05261299 (6 data files, 72.8MB)
      - (05261299.aux 534KB)
      - (05261299.rrd 3.2MB)
      - (meta1.html 21KB)
      - (METADATA.dbf 9KB)
      - (METADATA.prj 167 bytes)
      - (METADATA.shp 3KB)
      - (METADATA.shx 196 bytes)
      - (Metadata.xml 8KB)
  - 24k (31 data files, 45.1MB)
- LordData3 (LordData3.rar 293.5MB)
  - Landsat_1992 (26 data files, 575.4MB)
  - (Thumbs.db 8KB)
  - (Niag100k.tif 17.6MB)
- Landsat1999a (Landsat1999a.rar)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn30.tif 67.2MB)
  - (p017r030_7p19990912_z17_nn80.tif 268.7MB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912.browse.jpg 324KB)
  - (Thumbs.db 8KB)
  - LandCover
    - LULC_76763768 (11 data files, 8.8MB)
    - LULC_61858308 (7 data files, 8.8MB)
- Landsat1999b (Landsat1999b.rar)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn50.tif 67.2MB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn40.tif 67.2MB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn20.tif 67.2MB)
  - (p017r030_7k19990912_z17_nn61.tif 16.8MB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912.742.browse.jpg 321KB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn70.tif.gz 25.8MB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn30.tif.gz 25.6MB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn20.tif.gz 23MB)
  - (p017r030_7k19990912_z17_nn62.tif.gz 5.1MB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn50.tif.gz 25.8MB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn10.aux 8KB)
- Landsat1999c (Landsat1999c.rar)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn70.tif 67.2MB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn10.tif 67.2MB)
  - (p017r030_7k19990912_z17_nn62.tif 16.8MB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn10.tif.gz 23.6MB)
  - (p017r030_7p19990912_z17_nn80.tif.gz 107.9MB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn40.tif.gz 26.7MB)
  - (p017r030_7k19990912_z17_nn61.tif.gz 4MB)
  - (p017r030_7t19990912_z17_nn10.rrd 4.9MB)