GIS 151 - Advanced GIS

Credits: 3
LEC hours per week: 2
LAB hours per week: 2
Instruction in advanced topics of GIS. Emphasis includes geo-spatial analysis, creation and use of geo-databases, geo-coding, georeferencing, and digital elevation models using ESRI ArcGIS for Desktop software. Formerly: CET 251 and ENT 151.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or higher in GIS 150 or instructor permission.
Course Outcomes:

Import and modify data sets
Use coordinate systems & projections
Create and use geo databases
Create new shapefiles and edit existing shapefiles
Geo-code addresses and geo-reference photographs
Build models for redundant geo-spacial analysis processes
Collect, analyze & map complex geographic data
Write basic data queries

Course Topics:

Preparation of data for analysis
Analyzing special data
Projecting data
Creating databases
Selecting editing features
Geo-coding addresses
Displaying coordinate data
Geo-referencing photographs
Model building
Querying data
Joining and relating tables

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