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GEOG 8125 - Geographic Information Science and Technology


Development, current state-of-the-art and future trends in geographic information science and technology.  Topics include: Nature of spatial data, scale, representation, projection, topological relationships, data acquisition (geocoding, GPS, Volunteered Geographic Information), data uncertainty, data organization (spatial database), spatial data manipulation and protection (geomasking, aggregation), overlay operations (including spatial join), network analysis, raster and terrain modeling, spatial autocorrelation (global and local), spatial interpolation, spatial and space-time clustering.  Concepts of cartographic design are introduced throughout the class.  Several applications and laboratory exercises illustrate the concepts set forth in the class.

Credit Hours: (4)
Cross-listed Course(s): GEOG 6125  


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