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ID296 - Advance Vector GIS / Lecture, Laboratory

Advanced Vector GIS / Lecture, Laboratory This course builds upon the concepts of GIS introduced in Introduction to GIS, and focuses on the more advanced analytical vector GIS tools. Topics include exploratory spatial data analysis, spatial statistics, interpolation techniques, 3D data presentation and analysis, network analysis and multi-criteria decision making. Hands-on laboratory exercises illustrate GIS applications in natural resource management, global change, environmental justice, urban and environmental planning, public health, and census data analysis. Students work individually and in groups to develop solutions to a weekly spatial problem, using ArcGIS or GeoDa software. Final project is required. Knowledge of basic statistics is useful. This is a prerequisite for the 5th year masters program and is a requirement for the GISDE masters program. Prerequisite: Geog190/Geog390/IDCE310 Introduction to GIS. Ms.Ogneva-Himmelberger/Offered every semester


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Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Ph.D. -


The course is also known by the following crosslisted code(s): GEOG206
GEOG306
IDCE388
UDSC296

 

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