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GEO 461 Geographic Information Systems I

400 levelSocial Sciences10 topics

GEO 461 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Nature and development of GIS
  2. Components of a GIS
  3. Spatial data models: raster and vector
  4. Data capture and input
  5. Data storage and management
  6. Spatial data analysis
  7. Remote sensing and GIS integration
  8. Digital elevation models
  9. Map output and visualization
  10. Applications of GIS in urban and regional planning

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Nature and development of GIS

The nature and development of GIS centres on understanding GIS as a system for capturing, storing, managing, analysing, and presenting geographically referenced data. For exams, you must know what makes GIS different from ordinary information systems, its core components and functions, and how it evolved from manual mapping and computer cartography into a modern decision-support technology.

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