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GE3504:03

Advanced Geographic Information Systems

Townsville

HECS Band 2

10 hours lectures, 70 hours of supervised laboratory work. December block mode.

Staff:

Ms M Puotinen.

This subject focuses on integrating students' practical skills and conceptual knowledge of GIS towards building a GIS "from scratch" to address a real world regional environmental issue.

Learning Objectives:

work as a team to develop a GIS from start to finish;

practise basic skills in data creation, quality control and management;

build valuable problem solving and trouble-shooting abilities;

interpret the project findings in a real world context.

Assessment by team exercises (15%); discussion questions (10%); team report (30%); individual report (45%).