DRF 220 Geographic Information Systems 1

Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 3
Credits: 2

Uses geographic information systems (GIS) software to view geographic relationships. Studies GIS basic concepts and covers physical, climatic, and social attributes of various regions of the world.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Utilize GIS software to display physical, climatic, and social attributes tied to GIS data sets.
Display geographic regions at various scales.
Compare physical, climatic and social attributes between regions.
Query diverse databases.
Report results of GIS queries.
Generate thematic maps.
Download GIS data from Internet and view in software.

Content Outline

Introduction to GIS
Displaying and geo-referencing data in software
Working with spatial data
Working with attributes
Querying databases
Presenting data
Creating map layouts
Downloading data from Internet
Sources of digital data