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Apr 28, 2024
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GISC 2301 - Data Acquisition & Analysis in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)3 credit hours. 2 lecture hours. 4 lab hours.
Prerequisites: GISC 1301 and GISC 1311 .
Study of the management of geographic information, system life cycles, and costs and benefits. Includes institutional issues such as data providers, data management, combination of attribute and graphical data, information storage and access, Texas and national standards for spatial data; and applications of GIS for data modeling and analysis.
Additional Fees: Lab fee $24
Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Explain the purpose of metadata. Outline national and international data infrastructure and census data. Summarize how to select and evaluate data according to source and quality. Collect and analyze metadata sets for a project. Formulate geographic-based database queries. Establish an audit trail. Use geographic information in decision making. Design a data acquisition project, and utilize datums, coordinate systems, and mapping projections.
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