GEOS 378 - Introduction to Geoinformatics
Course URL: https://anupma-prakash.github.io/teaching/geos378/index.html
Course Type:
Earth Systems Science
Course Size:
Summary
The aim of this course is to develop students' understanding, approach and technical skills in geospatial data acquisition, processing, analysis, management and visualization.
Course Context:
This course, offered spring semester of 2004 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has prerequisites: PHYS 104X or 212X, junior standing; or permission of instructor. There are 2 1-hour lectures and 1 3-hour lab per week.
Course Goals:
By the end of the course, students should be able to
- Know where to look for and find data, how to download it, and bring it to a useful format for their research or application.
- Use the basic functionalities of an Excel spreadsheet
- Acquire GPS measurements using portable hand held GPS devices
- Integrate GPS data with other GIS data
- Sync data from mobile GIS units to their desktop environment
- Plan a GIS project
- Build a GIS geodatabase for an application of their interest
- Analyze the GIS digital data using available software packages (such as ArcGIS)
- Make a good map using principles of cartography
- Appreciate the role and potential of geoinformatics in research and industry
- Discuss the advantages and limitation of the technology
- Demonstrate his/her understanding of the subject by completing a small independent project.
Course Content:
This course covers concepts such as aerial photography, satellite remote sensing, map projections, GIS, cartography and 3D visualization.
Teaching Materials:
The website contains links to:
- The class schedule with lecture and lab topics
- Lecture notes for the class (restricted access)
Assessment:
Grades will be computed as follows:
- Class Participation and Homework - 25%
- First Test - 15%
- Second Test - 20%
- Final Exam - 40%
