Course Description
The course covers the applications of geographic information systems
technology to practical problems land surveying, forest technology, environmental
technology, social sciences, and physical sciences. Prerequisites: GIS
101.
( C/ 3 lect, 0 lab, 0 other)
Course Focus
The contents of the course have been designed to provide students an
opportunity to work on real world problems. Students will be divided into
groups and projects assigned from a variety of disciplines according to
their areas of interest.
Text and References
The following books will be used as reference. In addition, handouts will be issued for selected topics.
1. Fundamental of Geographic Information Systems, DeMers, M. N. (1997). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2. Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems, Clarke, K. C. (1997). Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
3. Geographic Information Systems and Cartographic Modeling, Tomlin, C. D. (1990). Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
4. GIS for Business and Service Planning, Paul Longley and Graham Clarke
(1995). Geoinformation International.
Course Goals
The following list of course goals will be addressed in the course. These goals are directly related to the performance objectives
1. Understand fundamentals of GIS,
2. Explain the impact of technology on GIS output design,
3. Define the parameters for GIS hard copy output,
4. Understand the importance of map design in GIS operations,
5. Develop application of GIS design for a specific project,
6. Comprehend the use of applying weights to overlays,
7. Analyze the type of errors associated with overlay operations,
8. Understand the problems associated with overlay operations,
9. Understand the difference between CAD-type GIS-type overlay operations,
10. Understand the relationship between manual and automated overlay applications,
11. Analyze regular, random, and clustered data, and
12. Arrange data in different formats.
Student Contributions
The course primarily deals with applications of GIS in different disciplines. Topics for each class will be assigned before time and students are expected to come prepared for the class. In addition, the project work will require library research to get additional information about similar projects and to develop a plan of action. If there is any student in this class, who needs test taking or note taking accommodation, please feel free to come and discuss this with me.