Location Analytics and GIS Research

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide graduate students with a comprehensive understanding of location analytics and GIS tools and techniques for research applications. The course will review the fundamentals of GIS and spatial analysis, as well as advanced techniques for location-based data analysis, including data visualization, and spatial modeling. Through a combination of lectures and readings students will develop the skills necessary to apply GIS and location analytics to a wide range of research questions. The course capstone will be a paper suitable for publication or presentation at a conference.