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Course Name	Turkish	Yerbilimlerinde Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri
	English	Geograp.Inf.Syst. in Earth Sci
Course Code	JEO 436E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	-	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Cengiz Zabcı
Course Objectives		This course aims to teach the basic concepts of the GIS with applications on various problems of earth sciences. First, we will start learning main map information, coordinate systems and map projections and then discover basic tools of a GIS software in construction of a geological map. This study simply includes, (a) data visualisation and editing in GIS, (b) generating geological symbols, (c) labelling, (d) production of a geological map, (e) data query, and (f) basic analyses.
Course Description		Geographical Information Systems (GIS); basic concepts, main map informations, coordinate systems and map projections, a general view of the GIS software, examination of the geological data at GIS environment, functions of the data visualization, geological symbology, labeling and geological map production, querying and reporting of the geological data, GIS applications aimed to solving the extra-ordinary geological problems.
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