GIS Data Integration and Decision Support. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

Catalog description

Prerequisites: SET 200 or Department permission. This is the 3rd course of a 3-part sequence of a basic training program for a GIS analyst. GIS for decision support involves processes of analyzing and identifying patterns in geographic data and describing relationships between spatial features. This course introduces a number of techniques on analysis of spatial data and data integration through a combination of lectures and hands-on experiential learning. Students will work on a term project by applying GIS tools and geospatial analytical techniques to build a decision support system for a solution to a problem in their career field.