GEO2163 Advanced GIS

Aim of the module

This module aims at expanding and refining GIS concepts, applications, and analysis beyond the introductory GIS module.  Students will be exposed to modelling applications using raster and vector data model, and techniques of terrain analysis

Learning outcomes

Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to:

• Explain different dimensions in GIS;
• Explain the methods of spatial analysis;
• Derive and discover spatial patterns, trends, relations;
• Describe and explain the main spatial models and how they can be useful to explore and analyze spatial phenomena
• Apply methods for spatial analysis including overlay operations, distance and neighborhood functions, spatial interpolation;
• Use spatial analysis methods and tools in raster and vector models to analyze spatial phenomena in a specific context.
• Use Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst tools of GIS;
• Apply different types of surface analysis: slope calculation, Aspect calculation, Viewshed, Watershed;
• Apply different types of interpolation methods: Inverse Distance Weighted, Spline, Natural Neighbors and Kriging.