Programming for Geospatial Application. (2-3) 3 Credit Hours

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Prerequisite: CE 5093 or GEO 5033 , or consent of instructor. This course teaches one or more programming languages with high-level toolkits suitable for GIS (Geographic Information System) application and development in a variety of open source environments. The course introduces key GIS concepts such as location, distance, units, projections, datum, and GIS data formats, examines a number of libraries of programming languages (e.g., Python or others), and explores how to combine these with geo-spatial data to accomplish a variety of tasks. This course has Differential Tuition. Course Fee: GS01 $90.