| NOAA/NWS GRASS GIS Workshop</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Monday 1:00 PM — Friday Noon</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c8">Course Location</span></p><hr><p class="c2"><span class="c0">NOAA/NWS/Ohio River Forecast Center</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">1901 S State Route 134</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Wilmington, OH USA 45177</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">(937) 383-0528</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c8">Instructors</span></p><hr><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Michael Barton, Arizona State University</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Helena Mitasova, North Carolina State University</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Dylan Beaudette, USDA/NRCS (remote lecture)</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS/Ohio River Forecast Center</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c8">How the course will be structured</span></p><hr><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c9">Monday</span><span class="c0"> (Noon-5PM) — will be an introduction to GRASS GIS and concepts; lecture with live demonstrations including some hands-on, “getting started” activity the first day to get people interested and have some fun.</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c9">Tuesday </span><span class="c0">-</span><span class="c0 c9"> Thursday</span><span class="c0"> (8AM-5PM) — will have a morning lecture with live demonstrations followed by late morning and afternoon labs and lecture vignettes. We will try to break-up lectures with short lab exercises depending on operational use of OHRFC Linux workstations.</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c9">Friday</span><span class="c0"> (8AM-Noon) — will cover pre-course submitted specific questions/problems not already planned for the course and those that arise during the week.</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">The OHRFC will have 12 Linux workstations available for afternoon lab exercises and can easily accommodate 24 participants with doubling-up (10 of the workstations have 3 monitors each); course attendance can accommodate participation from 12 non-NWS attendees. Participants outside of the NWS are encouraged to bring laptops pre-loaded with GRASS GIS 6.4.0, R 2.11.x (or greater), and SQLite.</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Lunch will be on-site with delivered Deli Sandwiches, Pizza, and Chinese from Noon to 1PM, Tuesday-Thursday.</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c8">Topics</span></p><hr><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Monday —</span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><ol class="c1"><li class="c5" value="1"><span class="c0">General Introduction to GRASS GIS</span></li></ol><ol class=""><li class="c3" value="1"><span class="c0">Worldwide use of GRASS</span></li><li class="c3"><span class="c0">Features</span></li><li class="c3"><span class="c0">Resources (web based tutorials, GRASS Wiki, OSGeo Journal, books, etc.)</span></li><li class="c3"><span class="c0">What it is & how GRASS is structured</span></li></ol><ol class="c4"><li class="c6" value="1"><span class="c0">File permissions & ownership…</span></li></ol><ol class="c7"><li class="c3" value="5"><span class="c0">Starting GRASS for the first time</span></li><li class="c3"><span class="c0">GRASS GUI</span></li></ol><ol class="c4"><li class="c6" value="1"><span class="c0">Tcl/Tk</span></li><li class="c6"><span class="c0">wxPython</span></li></ol><ol class=""><li class="c3" value="7"><span class="c0">GRASS DATABASE, LOCATION, MAPSET file structure</span></li></ol><ol class="c4"><li class="c6" value="1"><span class="c0">Projections & datums</span></li><li class="c6"><span class="c0">Re-projecting data</span></li></ol><ol class=""><li class="c3" value="8"><span class="c0">Compiling and installing GRASS on Linux</span></li></ol><ol class="c1"><li class="c5" value="2"><span class="c0">Bringing data into GRASS</span></li></ol><ol class=""><li class="c3" value="1"><span class="c0">ESRI shapefiles, ascii data, etc.</span></li><li class="c3"><span class="c0">GRIB, netCDF…</span></li><li class="c3"><span class="c0">Database connection: PostgreSQL, SQLite,…</span></li></ol><ol class="c1"><li class="c5" value="3"><span class="c0">Exporting GRASS data to other formats</span></li><li class="c5"><span class="c0">GRASS interaction with Generic Mapping Tools and R</span></li></ol><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Tuesday (AM) —</span></p><ol class="c1"><li class="c5" value="1"><span class="c0">GRASS analysis to support hydrologic modeling</span></li></ol><ol class="c7"><li class="c3" value="1"><span class="c0">terrain analysis</span></li><li class="c3"><span class="c0">stream & basin delineation; elevation zones</span></li><li class="c3"><span class="c0">hypsometric analysis</span></li><li class="c3"><span class="c0">derive elevation - precipitation plots</span></li><li class="c3"><span class="c0">compute basin or zone statistics</span></li><li class="c3"><span class="c0">dealing with NWS xmrg files</span></li><li class="c3"><span class="c0">spatial interpolation</span></li></ol><ol class="c1"><li class="c5" value="2"><span class="c0">Thematic maps</span></li><li class="c5"><span class="c0">integration with R</span></li></ol><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Tuesday (PM) —</span></p><ol class="c7"><li class="c3" value="1"><span class="c0">Lab exercises to gain familiarity with GRASS modules used in support of stream & basin delineation, hypsometric analysis, compute basin or zone statistics, etc.</span></li></ol><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Wednesday (AM) —</span></p><ol class="c1"><li class="c5" value="1"><span class="c0">Using GRASS to create web & publication quality maps</span></li><li class="c5"><span class="c0">GRASS shell and python scripting</span></li><li class="c5"><span class="c0">using satellite imagery and aerial photography</span></li><li class="c5"><span class="c0">using Lidar data</span></li></ol><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Wednesday (PM) —</span></p><ol class="c7"><li class="c3" value="1"><span class="c0">Lab exercises using GRASS and GMT to create web & publication quality maps; simple shell scripts; importing satellite imagery and aerial photography and use of Lidar data.</span></li></ol><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Thursday (AM) —</span></p><ol class="c1"><li class="c5" value="1"><span class="c0">Connecting GRASS with PostgreSQL and SQLite</span></li><li class="c5"><span class="c0">Analysis of point data</span></li><li class="c5"><span class="c0">tabular reporting</span></li><li class="c5"><span class="c0">Using R with GRASS GIS</span></li></ol><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Thursday (PM) —</span></p><ol class=""><li class="c5" value="5"><span class="c0">Lab exercises demonstrating connecting GRASS with PostgreSQL and SQLite with the analysis of point data; SQL queries and tabular reporting.</span></li></ol><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Friday —</span></p><ol class="c1"><li class="c5" value="1"><span class="c0">extending GRASS GIS</span></li><li class="c5"><span class="c0">GRASS extension manager (GEM)</span></li><li class="c5"><span class="c0">pre-course submitted questions/problems answered</span></li><li class="c5"><span class="c0">new questions/problems answered</span></li></ol><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span></p></body></html>
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