Course Objectives
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- learn fundamental concepts of GIS and remote sensing including the electromagnetic spectrum, map projections, and nature of geospatial data
- understand and apply simple to complex analyses of geospatial data
- gain familiarity with computer architecture, file systems and programming
- make maps and present findings to lay and scientific audiences
- develop a dogged persistence in the solution of complex computer algorithms by overcoming the errors and pitfalls inherent in the process
This is NOT a course in how to use ArcGIS or QGIS software, although you will at times think it is. A specific software is just the tool for you to learn how to complete GIS and Remote Sensing analyses. However, along the way you will also learn how to
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- find and eliminate errors and difficulties with files, folders, and programming (the author Theobald calls it “one part logic and one part intuition”)
- use the web to find answers to questions about spatial data processing