Resources and documents related to the GPS-strain project in Geo 3445

Docs directly related to the project

• Description of student GPS project: GPS_ProjDescription-F18.pdf (pdf file, 171.1 kb)
• Generic datasheet for GPS-strain project: GPS-strain-datasheet.pdf (pdf file, 125.8 kb)
• How to interpret the strain calculator output: explanation_gps_strain_calculator.v3.pdf (.pdf file)
• Rubric for student project presentations: GPS-Strain-Project-Rubric.pdf (pdf file, 99.6 kb)

Online resources

• Interactive PBO GPS network map: http://www.unavco.org/instrumentation/networks/status/pbo/gps
• USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database of the United States: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/qfaults/

GPS-strain calculators

• Microsoft Excel version: gps_strain_calculator_excel.v3.xls (Excel 55 kb)
• MatLab version (zip file): gps_strain_calculator_matlab.zip
• Wolfram Mathematica notebook version: gps-strain-calculator-mathematica.nb

Example presentation documents

• Keynote (Mac only) version: 3445-SamplePresentation.key
• PowerPoint version: 3445-SamplePresentation.pptx
• Acrobat pdf version: 3445-SamplePresentation.pdf
• Adobe Illustrator file used to create the presentation files: GSA2018Graphics.ai
• Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents generated from the Illustrator file, from which I use SnagIt (a screen-capture ap) to grab just the part of each doc that I want, saving it as a png file: Illustrator output
• PNG documents, ready to be inserted into a presentation file (Keynote, PowerPoint), generated by SnagIt from cropped pdf documents.
  • 3445-SamplePres-01
  • 3445-SamplePres-02
  • 3445-SamplePres-03
  • 3445-SamplePres-04
  • 3445-SamplePres-05
  • 3445-SamplePres-06
  • 3445-SamplePres-07
  • 3445-SamplePres-08
  • 3445-SamplePres-09
  • 3445-SamplePres-10
  • 3445-SamplePres-11

Other relevant docs handed-out in class

• Primer on infinitesimal strain analysis in 1, 2, and 3-D: infinitesimal_strain_analysis_.v2.docx
• Algorithm for triangle-strain analysis (revised July 2018): TriangleStrainAlgorithm.pdf (.pdf, 767 kb)
• Graphic summary of the triangle-strain analysis: 6.gps_infinitesimal_strain_analy.v2.pdf (pdf, 3.1 MB) [PowerPoint original 3.1 MB]
• Images of different strain scenarios for triangles: gps_triangle_strain_ellipse.pdf (pdf, 1.8 MB) [Microsoft Word .docx file, 1.8 MB]
• How to find PBO GPS data: finding_gps_data_oregon.v6.docx

Apps that Dr. Cronin uses to make presentations

Dr. Cronin uses Macintosh computers unless compelled to do otherwise, which is rarely (e.g., ArcGIS). Apps listed below are available for multiple platforms unless otherwise indicated. Many if not all of these applications are available to Baylor students for little or no cost via campus site licenses.

• Presentation software: Keynote (Mac only) or PowerPoint
• Graphics software: Adobe Illustrator
• File-conversion software: Graphic Converter (Mac only) available from Lemke software GMBH
• Screen-capture software: Snagit, available from TechSmith.com
• Basemaps
  • GeoMapApp
  • Google Earth Pro or
    Google Earth (requires Chrome browser)

Other apps that might be useful

• Prezi presentation software
• Impress from Apache OpenOffice presentation software -- a free open-source alternative to Microsoft Office

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