HERE'S WHAT WE WILL DO IN OUR GEOGRAPHY 231 CLASS

THIS IS OUR MOST ADVANCED CLASS - ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS AND THEIR RELATED SKILL LEVELS MUST BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF EACH STUDENT’S ADVANCED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING IN GIS. INSTRUCTOR WILL CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATE AND SUPERVISE EACH INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED PROJECT IN WEEKLY CLASSROOM AND LAB SESSIONS, TO SEE THAT IT REFLECTS THE UNIQUE AND SPECIFIC PLANS OF THE NEGOTIATED PROJECT, AND TO ASSURE THAT EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

I. COURSE CONTENT AND SCOPE (instructional topics or units) I. Why Geographic Information System (GIS)? What are it’s applications and uses?     A. Review of vector GIS design, concepts and operation     B. Introduction to Raster GIS design, concepts and operation II. Review of basic functions     A. Vector based software III. Introduction to advanced functions     A. Vector based software     B. Raster based software IV. Project Design and Development     A. Essentials of developing a GIS project utilizing vector and raster based software       1. Sources of data, et al.       2. Project design and planning.     B. Intended product V. Data Capture     A. Selection and acquisition of data and base information for your project     B. How data will be modified for your applications VI. Data entry and import VII. Coordinate System for a Multi-Coverage Database     A. Applying information which is available in differing coordinate System VIII. Steps for Performing Geographic Analysis     A. Querying Data     B. Selecting appropriate data ranges     C. Selecting the appropriate spatial relationships     D. Selecting data relationships IX. Cartographic Presentation of Data     A. Learn and apply cartographic protocols X. Customizing software applications

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