Welcome to a specialized course tailored for graduate students seeking an advanced skillset of Geographical Information Science (GIS) within the realm of Environmental Planning. This course is structured to empower students with the essential skills required for proficient spatial problem-solving, comprehensive spatial analysis, and advanced model construction.
This course emphasizes the interplay of theory and application, with applied computer-based homework assignments (most involving analyses within ArcGIS suite, and open source GIS software). Theory is introduced through lectures and assigned readings, while application is emphasized during in class exercises, homework assignments, and a final project.
This course will examine various methods employed in seeking answers to spatial problems. The lecture is structured as a seminar in which the instructor, students and guests will discuss theory, methods and the application of GIS to environmental analysis, landscape modeling and characterization. The laboratory will provide a practical introduction to some tools for design, construction and implementing such systems.
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