Special Topics in Plant Biology and Conservation (470-0-1)

Topic

GIS Level 1 (Geographic Information Systems 1)

Meeting Info

Technological Institute F285: Mon 2:00PM - 3:20PM

Overview of class

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a powerful analytical tool for spatial datasets with a very wide range of interdisciplinary applications. This is a first course for students with no or little knowledge in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial theory. We will apply GIS methods and tools by working with vector data types, that represent the real-world objects as point, lines and polygons. This class will be provided students with both theoretical and technical GIS skills through hands on learning and lab assignments, with a final real-world problem-solving mini project and a lot of fun.

Class Materials (Required)

We will use the QGis open source software in this course.
The ideal personal laptop for this course is a PC Windows machine with Window 10 or 11 64x, 4 cores CPU (2 is the minimum), 32 GB of RAM (8GB is the minimum, and a 32 GB or more Hard Disk on a solid-state drive (SSD).

For those with laptop limitations, all students will have access the NUIT Virtual lab that provides remote connection to a virtual machine over the internet.

Associated Classes

LAB - Meets in Non-General PurposeRm: Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM