SUR 465
GIS APPLICATIONS

Catalog Data

465. GIS APPLICATIONS (3). Using GIS as a decision tool; spatial modeling; data structure and management issues; legal issues; case studies; application projects. Prerequisites: SUR 362.

Detailed Description

This course follows SUR362.  It extends the MPLIS principles that were covered in SUR 362 to larger geographic areas and extends the scope to other applications besides MPLIS.  Just like SUR 362, this course is lab oriented. The analytical capabilities of GIS/LIS are investigated in detail.  Wider range of spatial data types are modeled and analyzed.  In this regard, different spatial data models are investigated.  Procedures for developing an Enterprise GIS are covered as well as legal liability and copyright issues.

Textbook

Michael Zeiler., 1999 Modeling our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design., ESRl, Redlands, California.  ISBN 1-879102-62-5

References

Environmental Systems Research Institute (E.S.R.I.) 1994. Understanding GIS - The ArcInfo Method. 7^th ed. ESRI, Redlands, CA ISBN 1-879102-24-2.

Coordinator

Frank Derby, Associate Professor, Surveying Program

Goals

The objective of this course is to use GIS as a decision-making tool using the spatial modeling, data structure and management capabilities of the systems. Legal issues as well as application projects are discussed.

Prerequisites by Topic

Basic knowledge and underlying principles of geographic information systems.

Topics

1.  Course introduction
2.  Review of Data automation and topology in GIS
3. Spatial data models- CAD, Coverage and Geodatabases
4. Object Modeling in Geodatabases
5. GIS data representations
6. The structure of Geographic data
7. The shape of features in geodatabases
8. Smart features in Geodatabases
9. Geodatabase design
10. Spatial Analysis Revisited
11. Cell-Based modeling with Rasters
12. Surface Modeling with Triangular Irregular Networks
13. Enterprise GIS development strategies
14. Legal issues of GIS

1. 1 hours
2. 2 hours
3.  4 hours
4. 2 hours
5. 1 hours
6. 1 hours
7. 2 hours
8. 2 hours
9. 2 hour
10. 1 hour
11. 2 hours
12. 2 hour
13. 4 hours
14. 2 hours

Laboratory Projects

1. Introduction to ArcGIS software modules
2. Creating themes in the Geodatabase model
3. Setting and Changing Projections of Graphical Layers: importing shapefiles, coverages, CAD, and raster files.
4. Spatial analysis using ArcGIS
5. Creating and Changing Annotations using ArcGIS
6. Presentation graphics using Maps and Charts
7. Surface modeling using TINs
8.   Final Project

1. 1 lab
2. 1 labs
3. 2 lab

4. 2 lab
5. 1 labs
6. 1 labs
7. 2 labs
8. 3 labs

Computer Usage

Students use GIS software to collect data and analyze spatial and textual data. They prepare a computer presentation of their project and present this to the class.