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SPATIAL 7007WT - GIS for Environmental Management

Career: Postgraduate Coursework
Units: 3
Term: 4310
Campus: Waite
Contact: 15 days during the Summer Semester
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Check with School
Incompatible: SPATIAL 3020WT, SPATIAL 3007WT, SPATIAL 7030WT
Assessment: Practical exercises, case study, written exam
Syllabus:

The course deals with concepts and theory of geographic information systems and their use for environmental mapping, spatial modelling and analysis. Topics covered include the relationship of GIS models to real world perception and map representation, vector and raster systems; spatial modelling; translation of problems into GIS procedures; attribute manipulation and recoding, operations including arithmetic and Boolean overlay, reclassification, proximity and neighbourhood analyses; input of data to GIS; database structures; interpolation of surfaces form point and vector data; applications and case studies. Practical work uses PC-based software to teach basic skills in GIS data entry, analysis and output, emphasising a problem-solving approach through environmental and agricultural GIS case studies.

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Units
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3
0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4310 Tue 14/03/2023 Thu 23/03/2023 Fri 05/05/2023 Fri 09/06/2023


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Workshop
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
19907 WR01 0 FULL 27 Feb - 27 Feb Monday 8am - 8:30am Charles Hawker, 130, McLeod Lecture Theatre
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