GTECH 70900 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

This course covers the whole GIS production process from data modeling and acquisition to editing, analysis, and cartographic output. GTECH 709 addresses students from both geography and other disciplines. Lecture examples, as well as hands-on exercises cover a range of application areas. The course itself is divided into two equally important parts: lectures, which introduce the theory of GIScience, and lab exercises, which help students to familiarize themselves with many aspects of the software. The lectures discuss concepts, data, tools, and major aspects to assignments. The laboratory sessions introduce the geospatial data and software tools needed for accomplishing the assignments. They will start at a very basic level, requiring little more than elementary experience with the Windows operating system. The course utilizes a variety of resources, including the energy and creativity of students in the class.

prereq: Graduate standing and permission of Geography graduate advisor.
Hours 4 hrs.
Credits 3 cr.