Geographic Information Systems (GIS). (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

Catalog description

Introduces vector, raster and tabular concepts, emphasizing the vector approach. Topics include spatial relationships, map features, attributes, relational database, layers of data, data ingesting, digitizing from maps, projections, output, applications, and availability of public data sets. Focus will be placed on spatial/temporal data analyses using digitized maps and database information in an area of CE specialization. (Formerly CE 5293. Credit cannot be earned for both CE 5093 and CE 5293.) This course has Differential Tuition.