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GISC 425 - Tech Issues in GIS-Cartography

Advanced concepts of geographic information systems and modern cartography will be studied. Topics covered include: metadata, federal and state spatial databases, map generalization, map labeling, advanced spatial data analysis, Digital Elevation Model (DEM), interpolation methods, DEM analysis such as slope, aspect, watershed, line of sight and grid operations. These topics will be linked to the data collection courses photogrammetry, remote sensing, land surveying and geodesy. Laboratory assignments will be project oriented using existing raster and vector GIS software. Typically offered Fall.
Level: UG
Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite GISC 225 /D- And SURE 272 /D-
Ferris Equivalencies: SURE-425-200408

Department: SBE


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