GEO 4814 credits
GEO 481: Geographic Information Systems
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- Provides a general introduction to the principles and applications of geographic information systems (GIS). The lectures cover several fundamental aspects of GIS: (1) the basics of a GIS system, (2) GIS data and sources of data, (3) GIS analysis functions, and (4) GIS applications and related issues. The laboratory exercises are based on the leading GIS software, ArcGIS, and are designed to help students understand the lecture materials and gain hands-on experiences in GIS data acquisition, spatial database management, spatial analysis, and mapping. This course is dual-listed with GEO 506.
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Professors who have taught GEO 481
- Adam Grodek
- Eun-Hye Yoo
- Ling Bian
- Torsten Schunder
- Yingjie Hu
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