Geocomputation

Catalog description

Overview of Geographical Information Systems and geo-coded data and applications across natural and social sciences, humanities, environmental studies, engineering, and management. Topics will include ArcGIS software package, spatial data acquisition, editing and QA/QC, metadata development, geo-database design, spatial query and display, spatial analysis and modeling, preliminary GIS application development, cartographic mapping and dynamic visualization, and GIS implementation basics. Students will use Google Earth, remote sensing and GPS, and common open source GIS tools. The prerequisites for this course are DS 420/520 and DS 421/521, or concurrent, and both EN 102 and COM 101.