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Topics covered will include: The fundamental concepts of GIS and remote sensing. Understanding georeferenced GIS raster and vector data sources and web services. Development of hands-on GIS skills for point, line, polygon and attribute creation and editing within ArcGIS. Enhancement and integration of GIS data sources. Importing and joining external attribute files to layers within a GIS. Building GIS queries. Integration of vector, raster and attribute GIS databases. Specification of GIS database structure. Digital area, perimeter and centroid estimation. Application and use of GIS and remote sensing in sustainable forest management (SFM) spatial resource inventory. This module is focused on developing the skills in GIS which can easily be transferred to other modules and research projects. Exercises and in class assessments will test the skills developed throughout the module. The entire assessment is open-book, digital and encourages student's self-improvement of their work. Independent reading and referencing are also strongly encouraged.
Indicative Module Content:Topics covered will include: The fundamental concepts of GIS and remote sensing. Understanding georeferenced GIS raster and vector data sources and web services. Development of hands-on GIS skills for point, line, polygon and attribute creation and editing within ArcGIS. Enhancement and integration of GIS data sources. Importing and joining external attribute files to layers within a GIS. Building GIS queries. Integration of vector, raster and attribute GIS databases. Specification of GIS database structure. Digital area, perimeter and centroid estimation. Application and use of GIS and remote sensing in sustainable forest management (SFM) spatial resource inventory. This module is focused on developing the skills in GIS which can easily be transferred to other modules and research projects.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 36 |
Specified Learning Activities | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 110 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: weekly assignments will test the skills developed throughout the module and a final project will allow students to apply GIS to their own field of study. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | Yes | 100 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment