Brendan Harmon

Courses

Online courses


GIS for Designers: A guide to Geographic Information Systems for landscape architects, urban planners, and other designers. Topics include terrain modeling, hydrology, landscape ecology, and urban analytics. Software covered includes GRASS GIS, QGIS, and ArcGIS. Tutorials are posted on Youtube.


Generative Landscapes: A guide to visual programming for 3D modeling, geospatial modeling, and geospatial analysis of landscapes. Software covered includes Rhino, Grasshopper, GRASS GIS, ArcGIS, and Metashape. Tutorials are posted on Youtube.


Digital Landscapes: An introduction to 3D modeling and 3D rendering landscapes. Software covered includes Rhino, Lumion, Thea Render, and Adobe CC. Tutorials are posted on Youtube.


Tutorials

Landscape Evolution Tutorial: A guide on how to use the landscape evolution model r.sim.terrain in GRASS GIS.

Tools for Open Spatial Science: A brief introduction to tools for open spatial science.

Terrain Modeling Workshop: A gentle introduction to terrain modeling in Grasshopper.


Course data

Natural Earth Vector Theme GeoPackage

Natural Earth Dataset for GRASS GIS

Governor’s Island Dataset for GRASS GIS

Hilltop Arboretum Landform Dataset for GRASS GIS

Landscape Evolution Dataset


Syllabi

Course Syllabus
LA 2101 Landscape Representation III 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
LA 4201 GIS for Designers 2019, 2020
LA 7102 Graduate Representation II 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
LA 7031 Water Systems Studio 2018
LA 7032 Graduate Representation III 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
LA 7051 Advanced Topics Studio 2019, 2020, 2021
LA 7055 GIS for Designers 2019, 2020
LA 7504 Ecological Robotics 2020
DART 7003 Digital Culture Seminar 2018

License

Open educational materials licensed Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 by Brendan Harmon.