PEM 251E - Int.to Geographical Inf.Sys.

Course Objectives

- To give background information about GIS
- To introduce state of the art and up to date GIS technologies
- To show different GIS applications with regards to urban and rural landscape planning

Course Description

Introduction to GIS. Graphic and non-graphic data. Definition of GIS, its evolution and applications and related technology. Geographic database. Data analysis and designing a project. GIS software and hardware. Remote sensing and image processing, GIS applications.