GIS 295 - Emerging Topics in Geographic Information Systems

3 credits
Provides an opportunity to explore emerging topical areas of interest to the students. This course introduces material to understand four emerging topics in the field of Geographic Information Systems that are not covered in depth in other GIS courses. Introduces the concepts of modeling, visualization, and 3D mapping to enhance decison making. Explores field work including data collection, imagery collected from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones), and mapping field data. Introduces concepts of Enterprise GIS and basic Python Programming and scripting for GIS. Explores the fundamentals of sharing GIS data and web mapping creating a GIS Dashboard and creating GIS web applications. Lecture: 2 hours. Laboratory: 2 hours. Total: 4 hours per week.