CVL 736

Introduction to geographical information systems (GIS) and science; spatial reference systems; vector and raster data, data structures and topological relationships; data modeling and managing and querying data in databases; vector and raster data exploration, analysis and processing; cartographic design principles, presentations, thematic maps and map generalization; geographic visualization and graphic communications; introduction to spatial analytical modeling; network and 3D representation and analysis; spatial data quality, data integration, metadata and standardization issues; web GIS, mapping services and geospatial information dissemination; GIS implementation and organizational issues.