GPS and GIS Applications for Natural Resources Professionals

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FOR 255 GPS and GIS Applications for Natural Resources Professionals (3) FOR 255 , GPS and GIS Applications for Natural Resources Professionals, teaches students to apply Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in the management of natural resources. Students learn how GPS works and how to use GPS to find locations in the field and to capture spatial data and transfer it to a GIS system. Students learn how GIS data are structured and how to find, use and edit existing GIS databases and to create new ones. They learn to use various software applications to work with and analyze GIS databases, including both spatial and non-spatial data, to address a variety of natural resources management questions and issues. Finally, they learn to present spatial information in a map that effectively communicates information relevant to a variety of natural resources situations.