GEOG 5002: Geographic Information Science B

Dr Eleanor Bruce

Credit Points: 6
Session: July
Assumed Knowledge: GEOG 5001
Classes: One 2 hour lecture, one 1 hour tutorial, one 3 hour practical per week for 6 weeks
Assessment: 2500 word assignment, seminar presentation, tutorial reports, WebCT quiz

This Unit will provide the conceptual background to more advanced Geographical Information Systems (GIS) analysis applications and spatial reasoning methods in the context of contemporary environmental issues. The Unit is designed to provide an understanding of spatial analysis techniques available within a GIS environment, explore a diversity of both social and physical environmental applications and address emerging issues in GIS research. A range of topics will be introduced including field based capture of spatial information, spatial data structures, surface modelling, visibility analysis, hydrological modelling, network analysis, spatial data uncertainty and social GIS. Conceptual material presented in lectures and tutorial workshops will be placed in an applied context through a series of laboratory and field sessions designed to strengthen practical understanding and awareness of GIS methods.