Geographic Information System

Outline:

1. Principles of Geographic Information System
   1. Concepts
   2. Geographic Coordinate Systems
   3. Remote Sensing
   4. Map Projection
2. Geospatial Data Format
   1. Metadata
   2. Raster
   3. Vector
      • GPS
      • Shapefile
      • OGC Simple Features
      • Real Topology?
      • 3D model
3. Geoprocessing
4. Toolbox
   • 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 for Visualization