Programs & Courses

Geographic Information Systems
GIST 7130 - GIS Computing and the Internet

Focuses on developing skills for solving the diverse problems of the latest GIS computer systems. Students will examine operating systems, explore GIS web client-server relationships, write utility programs and simple GIS web server applications. Prerequisite: Previous programming experience required OR GIST 7010 must be taken concurrently. (3 Credits)

Winter 2012


Jan 17-Apr 0312 Weeks$640.00CRN: 71723
Jan 17-Apr 03  NET
Note: Before you start the course, there are a few things you need to read and understand about online learning courses at BCIT: Is online learning for you? http://www.bcit.ca/distance/foryou.shtml Students must provide an active email address when registering or check your my.bcit.ca email account for start-up instructions to be sent to you for this course. To be successful in our online courses, plan to spend 4-6 hours per course each week on your studies, starting Week 1. Our courses are highly interactive with participation requirements weekly. Most of our online learning courses require a textbook. You can search for your course textbook at http://www.bcitbookstore.ca/distance/ - If no textbook is listed, course material will be provided via email. For more information please contact Maryann_Newmeyer@bcit.ca
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