Geo Computation

Overview of Geographical Information Systems and geo-coded data and applications acrossnatural and social sciences, humanities, environmental studies, engineering, and management. Topics will include ArcGIS software package, spatial data acquisition, editingand QA/QC, metadata development, geo-database design, spatial query and display, spatial analysis and modeling, preliminary GIS application development, cartographic mapping anddynamic visualization, and GIS implementation basics. Students will use Google Earth, remotesensing and GPS, and common open source GIS tools. The prerequisites for this course are DS 230 and DS 231 or demonstrable experience GIS and Cartography.