The course will allow a student to learn the basics of two new information gathering and processing systems. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) allow a student to learn to determine their position as well as precisely record the location of any attribute anywhere in the world. The Geographic Information System (GIS) component will allow the student to create maps by using GPS, or by importing and modifying maps from databases. Students will participate in a field project. (On Demand)

• Hydrology Labs and Tutorials
• Excel Tutorial

Links

• Some useful links for beginning GIS students;
  • Good, clear explanation of the geoid, ellipsoids, and mean sea level
  • GIS and other internships with the State of SD
• GIS Data:
  • Penn State's Digital Chart of the World
  • South Dakota Geological Survey
  • http://www.usgs.gov/
  • http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/index.html
  • http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/
  • http://www.gisdatadepot.com/
  • http://www.esri.com/data/index.html
• Organizations:
  • United States Geological Survey
  • United States Census Bureau
  • The National Geographic Society
  • The Environmental Protection Agency
  • The National Resource Conservation Service (US Department of Agriculture)
  • US Bureau of Land Management General Land Office  
• Tools:
  • The AGI GIS Dictionary
• GIS and Software:
  • ESRI
  • Trimble
  • Blue Marble Geographics
• Web Magazines:
  • http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/index.html
  • http://www.directionsmag.com/
  • http://www.geospatial-online.com/
  • http://www.geoplace.com/
  • http://www.geocomm.com/
• Metadata:
  • http://www.fgdc.gov/
  • http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html
• GIS/GPS Jobs
  • http://www.gjc.org/
  • http://www.monster.com/
  • http://www.headhunter.net/
• Other Useful Links
  • USGS Real Time Stream Flow  
  • United State Geological Survey (USGS) Home Page  
  • USGS Water Resources Division (great site for info on water quality, stream flow, and flood information)  
  • State of SD Department of Natural Resources (clearinghouse for state projects)