updating projects ideas and instructions

[petrasovaa]

• USGS WMS - include into GRASS and Arc material
• make meters mandatory
• add a description of what the project is about to the project web page
  you are supposed to research the literature to find out what is the current state of the art in the topic area that you have selected and then do something innovative using the knowledge gained in this course, your own expertise and knowledge gained from literature. You can view it as a minim research project.
• add links of material for the topics, e.g. sea level rise https://nccwsc.usgs.gov/webinar/332
• add kernel density
• add links to data sources
  • global data sets (CORINE, SRTM, google)
  • http://www.nrpa.org/PRORAGIS/
  • http://www.communitycommons.org/

Ideas

• compare NREL solar, http://www.nrel.gov/eis/imby/ with local computation in area with significant topography, average and location with max and min potential.
• add atmospheric science, tornado, hurricanes project ideas