Introduction to GIS

An introductory course on geospatial information science and systems. Up: Educational Resources

Course outline

 * geospatial information and data (scientific and technical viewpoints)
 * principles of databases,
 * computer graphics and
 * information technology architectures
 * basic cartography and geodesy
 * some remote sensing
 * geospatial problem solving with information systems

Readings
Freely downloadable texts are needed.

Potentially useful material listed at freegis.org

Lectures

 * GRASS Short Course 2003 (needs some updates)
 * Introduction to GIS - A simple Bluetongue disease risk map (uses OSGeo software stack)

Assignments
These need to have detailed instructions and pre-prepared datasets. Also instructions how to get and install the needed software.