GEOG1003 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems

Dr Mark Lethbridge

2017

4.5

1 x 2-hour lecture weekly
1 x 2-hour computer lab weekly

1 of GEOG2700, GEOG8700, WARM8790 has been successfully completed

Workshop reports, Quizzes, Final Examination.

This topic is designed as an introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems and BArchaeology. The topic introduces students to the concepts and fundamentals of GIS with reference to a diverse range of applications, and develops skills in the capture, analysis and communication of spatially referenced data using ESRI's Arc GIS software packages.

This topic is designed to provide students with an introduction to the theoretical and conceptual aspects of GIS, as well as providing students with a solid grounding in the application of the ArcGIS software. ArcGIS is a registered trademark of the Environmental eeSystems Research Institute (ESRI). The ESRI GIS packages remain the most widely used GIS packages around the world.

At the completion of the topic, students are expected to be able to:

Describe the components of a GIS
Outline the history of GIS and its advantages over traditional approaches to geospatial data
Describe the structure of raster and vector spatial data and the advantages to geospatial data analysis
Outline the range of spatial data capture approaches and their relative merits
Understand how to capture spatially referenced data using a digitisation technique, scanning technique and the Global Positioning System
Retrieve, display, analyse and communicate a range of layers, themes or coverages of spatial data in a variety of application areas
Conduct queries and simple overlaying operations and communicate conclusions of these results
Transform and project geographical coordinates from one datum to another and discuss the accuracy implications of this process

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