GEOG 311

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Intermediate Geographic Information Systems

Geography College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Course Description

Collecting, managing, and analyzing spatial data to solve common geographic tasks.

When Taught

Winter

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3

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3

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3

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Title

Lifelong Learning

Learning Outcome

Learn new concepts and technologies as needed to solve novel GIS management problems, with minimal supervision, using a variety of information resources.

Title

Geographic Information Theory

Learning Outcome

Understand the fundamental concepts of geographic information, and use those concepts to explain the core data models and procedures of GIS.

Title

Spatial Analysis

Learning Outcome

Perform common and novel GIS analysis procedures to solve practical geographic tasks.

Title

Data Management

Learning Outcome

Obtain existing GIS data and create new data that are appropriate for a given need, and transform data sets to make them appropriate for a given project, using tools such as format conversion, reprojection, data entry and editing, and reclassification.