Introduction to GIS

Catalog description

Second in the GIS sequence. Focus is on the development of skills and techniques used to create, analyze and display spatial data in a geographic information system. Students will focus on spatial queries, data joins, data editing, geocoding (address matching) and analysis of raster data. Students will participate in a team project to focus on applying GIS mapping and analysis skills to evaluate existing community hazard evacuation routes and propose alternative scenarios to improve hazard evacuations. Course is cross-listed with ES 341 .