GIS 420 - GIS Applications

Institution:

Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

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Description:

3 Credit Hours d.b.a. This course provides students with the experience of how Geographic Information Systems are applied to forestry and natural resources. GIS Applications is a project-oriented course which is the final GIS course taught in the series. Projects include application of GIS in forestry, landscape ecology, wetlands, land management and surveying. Software used during the course will include MS PowerPoint, ArcView, Spatial Analyst and GPS Pathfinder. Students will be required to select and plan their own project that will focus on an application of GIS, thus creating a database, analyzing their own data, creating metadata, producing a high-quality map product, and presenting their methods, results and map products professionally. (2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab).

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

www.paulsmiths.edu

Phone Number:

(518) 327-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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