Intro to GIS

Catalog description

Study of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) science and its applications to spatial data management. Identification and acquisition of GIS data. This course provides an introduction the concepts, methods, and applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It emphasizes the techniques used to capture, store, query, analyze and display spatial data. Specific topics include applications of GIS, geographic information and scale, coordinate systems, geospatial data models, data classification and symbolization, query and selection, cartographic design, data quality, geoprocessing, relational databases, metadata, spatial analysis and GIS software. Grades are P/NP option.