GEO 382 (Geographical Information Systems)

Course Goals and Objectives: This course introduces the students to the concepts, principles, and theories behind Geographic Information Systems (GIS), with emphasis on the nature of geographic information, data models and structures for storing geographic information, geographic data input, data manipulation, and simple spatial analysis and modeling techniques.
After successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:

1. Describe what GIS is; name the major GIS software available; know where to find more information;
2. Explain the components and functionality of a GIS
3. Understand the nature of geographic information and explain how it is stored in computer
(including map projection) and the two types of GIS data structure;
4. Conduct simple spatial analysis using GIS software;
 
Textbook: Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, 4th Edition by Michael N. DeMers. John Wiley and Sons

Course topics:

1. Introduction
2. Digital geographic data and maps
3. Input, storage and editing
4. Spatial Analysis
5. GIS output and design