Prerequisites
No previous experience is required.
Course Description
Modeling Geographic Space teaches the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a collection of hardware and software tools that allow users to visualize and analyze geographic data in its spatial configuration. Geographic data is modeled spatially as drawings of discrete objects (vector) or as images of continuous space (raster). ENV 755 will focus on the latter, mapping the nature and pattern of spatial phenomena: both natural characteristics of the landscape, such as elevation, temperature or rainfall, and abstract, statistical characteristics, like distance, density and flow. Students will learn the theory of geospatial analysis alongside practical methods for acquiring, manipulating, displaying, and analyzing cartographic data.