SOIL&WAT 7007WT - GIS for Environmental Management
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Course Details
| Course Code | SOIL&WAT 7007WT |
| Course | GIS for Environmental Management |
| Coordinating Unit | School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences |
| Term | Summer School |
| Mode | Internal |
| Level | Undergraduate |
| Location/s | North Terrace |
| Units | 3 |
| Contact | 15 days during the Summer vacation |
| Prerequisites | Not applicable |
| Corequisites | Not applicable |
| Incompatible | SOIL&WAT 3014WT |
| Assumed Knowledge | Basic computing skills in Windows environment |
| Restrictions | Not applicable |
| Quota | Not applicable |
| Course Description | The course deals with concepts and theory of geographic information systems and their use for environmental mapping, spatial modelling and analysis. Topics covered include the relationship of GIS models to real world perception and map representation, vector and raster systems; spatial modelling; translation of problems into GIS procedures; attribute manipulation and recoding, operations including arithmetic and Boolean overlay, reclassification, proximity and neighbourhood analyses; input of data to GIS; database structures; interpolation of surfaces form point and vector data; applications and case studies. Practical work uses PC-based software to teach basic skills in GIS data entry, analysis and output, emphasising a problem-solving approach through environmental and agricultural GIS case studies. |
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