Emphasis is placed on hands-on experience with software. This course provides the opportunity to interact with a municipal, industrial, or service organization. Emphasis is placed on defining a question, gathering and analyzing pertinent data, and drawing conclusions leading to question resolution. Topics include applications in municipal, industrial, and service sectors and the associated planning, legal, national, and global issues with a project emphasizing the student's specialization. This course covers technical aspects of GIS functions, algorithms, theory of geographical data structures, and error handling.
Emphasis is placed on laboratory experiences requiring manipulation of tools, data, and macros.
Upon completion, students should be able to construct a small Geographic Information System. This course covers quantitative techniques for collection, classification, and spatial analysis of geographical data. Emphasis is placed on map analysis and application of spatial analysis. Upon completion, students should be able to collect, record, and utilize geographical data. Emphasis is placed on digital image enhancement as a means to further data analysis.