GES 686 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Credits: [4]

Description: This course covers the basic concepts and principles of Geographic Information Systems, data models, data structures, applications, and technical issues. Lab will focus on how these basic principles are implemented in a GIS. These include an entire sequence of building spatial databases: data capture, editing, adding attributes, building topology, registering layers to real- world coordinates, making map compositions, data conversion, and basic analysis available in a vector-based GIS.
Course ID: 051059
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: A-F