Course Overview
Topics covered include fundamental concepts, terminology, and technologies associated with GIS/LIS; applications of GIS/LIS, the multi-purpose cadastre; data modelling, concepts of file and database systems, spatial data models, architecture of GIS software, methods of data collection and input, manipulation and analysis; data quality, spatial data management, and organizational issues.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
4.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the fundamental concepts of GIS/LIS.
- Compare representations and uses of spatial data.
- Describe file and database systems.
- Describe architectures of GIS/LIS software.
- Discuss data conversion and integration issues.
- Perform basic GIS analysis of raster and vector data, network analysis, and 3-D analysis.
- Describe elements of metadata and data quality.
- Discuss GIS/LIS development strategies, implementation and management issues.
Effective as of Fall 2007
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