Intro to Geographic Info Syste

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This course is an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS are tools for integrating and analyzing spatial data to visualize relationships, seek explanations, and develop solutions to real-world problems. In this course you will be introduced and will explore the concepts, principles, methods, techniques, and practical skills used in GIS. The history of GIS, acquisition of data, data quality and ethics, data classification, mapping, interpretation and analysis, applications of GIS, GIS data models, data visualization, and basic interpolation, among others will be covered. Weekly labs are used to connect GIS theory with hands-on work.