Geographic Information Systems |
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| I. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | ||
| A. What is GIS? B. Basic geography C. Hardware and software components of a GIS |
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| II. Models of Reality | ||
| A. Spatial databases as models of reality B. Raster and vector data models C. Networks and fuzzy logic |
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| III. Thinking Spatially | ||
| A. Sampling and measuring B. Maps and map analysis |
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| IV. Spatial Data | ||
| A. Environmental and natural resource data | ||
| V. Implementation of a GIS | ||
| A. Needs assessment, functional requirements studies B. Requests for proposals, benchmarking, pilot studies |
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Updated January 2008.
Copyright 2007 Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources,Salem,Oregon.