Course Overview

This course introduces fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems and its application to geography.

Learning Achievement

Students learn fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems and its application to geography. They can acquire knowledge and skills needed for use GIS to think geoenvironmental phenomena spatially.

Competence

Data and information literacy, Academic fundamentals in geosciences, Ability of think scientifically

Course prerequisites

It is desirable that you have completed or are taking basic courses for geosciences.

Grading Philosophy

Comprehensively, mainly based on assignments

Course schedule

This course introduces fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems and its application to geography.
Introduction to this lecture
Introduction on GIS
Basic steps to use GIS: map data and attribute data
Structure of GIS and spatial analysis
Research examples in geoscience with geospatial techniques
Basic application of ArcGIS (1)
Basic application of ArcGIS (2)
Application of GIS on human activity (1)
Application of GIS on human activity (2)
Application of GIS on human activity (3)

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Morimoto Takehiro,Yamashita Akio,Tsutsumi Jun

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