CE 59700 – Geographic Information Systems
Credits and contact hours:
- 3 credits
- Lecture meets 3 times per week for 50 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks
Specific course information:
- Catalog description: Theories and methodologies of geographic information systems, including: maps and map making; geospatial data; datums and map projections; topology and its representation; geo database and its design; geo statistics; primary GIS development; applications in social and environmental, and engineering.
- Prerequisites: Senior or graduate status or under the discretion of the instructor; preferably GIS knowledge or an introductory GIS course or training courses; College calculus or equivalent
- Course status: Elective breadth course for undergraduate students
Specific Goals for the course:
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Student learning outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to:
- comprehend knowledge of geographic data
- integrate data collected from different sources
- conduct GIS mapping, analysis and visualization tasks independently
- design and implement GIS database
- develop basic GIS functions
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Relationship of course to program outcomes
- Outcome 6: An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
Topics:
- GIS concepts, maps & mapping, data classification
- datum, projection, coordinate system
- Vector data model, topology, map digitization
- Raster data model, raster algebra
- National and open geospatial data
- Geodatabase
- Terrain analysis. Watershed, Viewshed, Hillshading
- Network analysis
- Geosocial data analysis
- Spatial analysis
- Geostatistics