GISC 425 - Tech Issues in GIS-Cartography

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Ferris State University

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College: College Technology Department: Surveying Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 2 hours. This course has a lab with 3 hours 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. Prerequisites: SURE 227 and SURE 325. Typically offered Fall and Spring.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ferris.edu/

Phone Number:

(231) 591-2000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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