GGY 426 - Environmental Geographic Information Systems

Credits: 0- 4

Prerequisite: GGY 328 or consent of instructor. Overview of environmental applications of GIS project; planning a GIS project; development and analysis of the data, and oral and written presentation of the results. Research topics may include hazardous waste management, atmospheric studies, oceanography, hydrology, ecology, biology, resource management and hazards risks assessment. Students work individually or in small groups to learn how to create a GIS project to solve an environmental problem. Two lecture and four laboratory hours each week.

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