COMP 258: Fall 1999
Course Handout
COMP 258: Fall 1999
Class Time: Mon, Wed: 12:30 - 1:45pm, SN115
Instructors:
Dinesh Manocha , 225 Sitterson Hall.
- Office Phone: 962-1749
- Home Phone: 942-0356
- E-mail: dm@cs.unc.edu
- Office Hours: Mon/Wed 2:00pm - 3:00pm.
Jack Snoeyink ,
333 Sitterson Hall.
- Office Phone: 962-1969
- Home Phone: 969-9279
- E-mail: snoeyink@cs.unc.edu
- Office Hours: MF 10-11am
Grades: HW, Class Participation and Lecture 50%, Course Project 50%
Useful Texts and Course Material :
- N. Chrisman, Exploring Geographic Information Systems, Wiley, 1997.
- M. F. Worboys, GIS: A Computing Perspective, Taylor & Francis, 1995
- H. Samet, Applications of Spatial Data Structures: Computer Graphics,
Image Processing, and GIS, Addison-Wesley, 1990
- SIGGRAPH and Other Conference Papers, Course Notes.
Pre-requites : COMP136, COMP122, some background in geometry or
permission of the instructor
Homework Policies :
- There will be about 2-3 homeworks and/or programming assignments.
- You may work together on homework, but it should be turned in
individually. On the other hand, it is all right to discuss programs with one
another, but work should be done individually. Programming assignments will
be done using OpenGL on any platform (Windows, Mac or Unix).