Principles of Geographic Information System

Course objective

The objective of this course is to introduce basic principles, concepts and applications of Geographical Information System (GIS). Students will acquire knowledge and skill on structures of spatial and attribute data, coordinate systems, transformations and projections, and data integration, processing and analysis of GIS data to derive meaningful output and make maps.

Syllabus at a glance

1. 1Overview of GIS and GIS Software
2. 2Coordinate Systems and Map Projections
3. 3Spatial Data Models
4. 4Database Concepts
5. 5Data Sources and Acquisition
6. 6Spatial Data Analysis
7. 7Terrain Modeling
8. 8Watershed Analysis
9. 9Cartography and Map Making