Historical Geographic Information Systems.

Catalog description

Geographic information systems (GIS) are computerized systems designed for the analysis of geographically referenced data. GIS uses analytical tools to explore spatial relationships, patterns, and processes of geographic phenomena. This course covers underlying geographic concepts, map design and outputs, geodatabases, importing spatial and attribute data, digitizing, and spatial data processing. The technical focus of the course includes computer lab tutorials and case studies using the leading desktop GIS software, ArcGIS from ESRI. This course will also provide an introduction to remote sensing, which is used to analysis remotely sensed objects such as satellite images, often to create base maps for use in ArcGIS.