Geographic Information System

Outline:

1. Principles of Geographic Information System
   1. Concepts of Geographic Information System
   2. Geographic Coordinate Systems
   3. Remote Sensing
   4. Map Projection Methods
2. Geospatial Data Format
   1. Metadata
   2. Raster
   3. Vector
      • GPS
      • Shapefile
      • OGC Simple Features
      • Real Topology?
      • 3D model
3. Geoprocessing
4. Geospatial Software
   • Database: Spatial indexing
   • Web Mapping
   • Network analysis
   • Transit Analysis

Outlined referencing Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python (second edition).

Scientific Uses

1. Ecological

2. Urban

• Spatial correlation

• Land classification

• Maps as Visualization