This basic GIS course is a prerequisite to this certificate. Topics in this course include: the history of GIS development and related geographic concepts; data formats and sources; map design and visualization techniques; map projection, metadata, basic spatial analysis techniques, and web-GIS applications. Students also learn how to use and apply ArcGIS software functionality as part of weekly lab sessions.
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Where: VPT Lab -DURP Instruction Room (HEC 613)
Time: Fall 2007, Tuesdays at 1:00-3:50PM
Lab fee: $20
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Getting Started with GIS 4th Edition
Keithe Clarke
Prentice Hall, 2003, 352pp
ISBN: 0-13-046027-3 |
Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop 2nd Edition
Tim Ormbsby, Eileen Napoleon, Robert Burke, Laura Feaster and Carolyn Groessl
ESRI Press, 2004, 552pp
ISBN: 1-58948-083-X |
Content Last Updated on:
September 12, 2007
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