ESM 263 Geographic Information Systems

Week 7 - Terrain and watershed analysis

• Lecture
  • slides: Terrain and Watershed Analysis
  • data
• Reading
  • Bolstad: ch 11: Terrain Analysis
  • M.F. Hutchinson & J.C. Gallant, Representation of terrain. in P.A. Longley et al (eds.) Geographical Information Systems. Wiley, New York, 1999. ISBN: 978-0471321828
• References
  • Exploring digital elevation models
  • Slope
  • Aspect
  • GDALDEM
  • Hillshade
  • QGIS Terrain Shading
  • Setting a Color Ramp
  • Contour
  • QGIS Visibility Analysis
  • How Flow Direction works
• Lab
  • Bolstad lab 11
    • handout
    • data
  • (optional) QGIS Training Manual
    • 7.3. Terrain Analysis
    • 17.16. Hydrological analysis
  • any leftover time: work on assignment 3
• Recordings
  • Lecture
  • lab1
  • lab2