ERST 310
GIS and Applications in Natural Resource Analysis
Course overview
You’ll learn the use of GIS and special analysis tools for resource applications, problem-solving and planning for environmental issues as well as sustainable management of natural resources.
Course information
| Prerequisites and Restrictions | You must satisfy the following requirement(s): pre-requisite
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| Available semesters | Semester 2 2024 |
| Credits | 15 |
| Domestic fees | $969.00 |
What you will learn
After successfully completing this course, you’ll be able to:
- Understand and describe basic concepts and methods in Remote Sensing and Geographic Positioning Systems.
- Describe basic concepts related to cartography and mapping.
- Deconstruct spatial problems from a GIS practitioner’s perspective.
- Use problem solving skills to carry out an individual, GIS-based analysis project.
- Communicate GIS concepts, methods, results both in written form and orally.
- Demonstrate competency in the use of ArcGIS 10.5 and/or ArcGIS Pro software for data entry, manipulation, analysis, and modelling.
- Create and utilise a geodatabase.
- Incorporate GPS and remote sensing data into GIS projects.
- Carry out unsupervised and supervised classifications of satellite imagery.
- Create useful maps using symbology, 3D, and cartographic techniques.
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