Geographic Information Systems, 7.5 ECTS
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Competence equivalent to Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology 30 ECTS credits (GE2011), Tellus III 7.5 ECTS credits (GG4034) or Geography III 30 ECTS credits (GE5001).
Description
The course is a basic course in GIS as a distance course. The goal is to teach the basics of data management and data analysis in the program ArcMap version 10.2 or later. Structure of the course is to perform a number of exercises and report the results of these exercises in a brief report of all the logical steps of the exercise and the result obtained as described in the text including illustrative images. Examples of methods are: choropleth mapping, digitize polygons, import of GPS data, terrain analysis, georeferencing, interpolation, analysis of lidar data (point cloud), proximity analyzes and transformations between different coordinate systems. A textbook is used as theoretical support for methods and analyzes.
Area of interests: Information only in Swedish
Subject
Earth Sciences
Course events
Autumn 2016
Selection: Higher Education Credits (up to 225).
Start period: Period 1 - starts during the first half of the semester
Location: Stockholm
Number of on campus meetings: 1
Further information on the education:
http://www.natgeo.su.se/utbildning/alla-utbildningar/kurser/distansutbildning
Additional information: Application deadline 18 April.
Autumn 2017
Selection: Higher Education Credits (up to 225).
Start period: Period 1 - starts during the first half of the semester
Location: Stockholm
Number of on campus meetings: 1
Further information on the education:
http://www.natgeo.su.se/utbildning/alla-utbildningar/kurser/distansutbildning/geografiska-informationssystem-7-5-hp-1.260185
Additional information: Application deadline 18 April.
Spring 2018
Selection: Higher Education Credits (up to 225).
Start period: Period 1 - starts during the first half of the semester
Location: Stockholm
Number of on campus meetings: 1
Further information on the education:
http://www.natgeo.su.se/utbildning/alla-utbildningar/kurser/distansutbildning/geografiska-informationssystem-7-5-hp-1.260185
Tuition fees only concern citizens outside the EU, EES and Switzerland
Total course/programme fee: 17500 SEK