Course Main Objective
Review basics and function of spatial analysis in GIS and differentiate among the different analytical tasks available in GIS technology; use information system programs to handle a specific geographic issue and further analyze and interpret the geographic phenomena through using GIS technology.
Course Learning Outcomes
- 1. Knowledge and Comprehension
- 1.1 Review methods of building and updating the databases and acquisition resources of spatial and descriptive data.
- 2. Skills
- 2.1 Differentiate among types of the geostatistical analyses used in spatial analysis within the GIS environment.
- 2.2 Use modern IT and GIS with remote sensing programs in spatial modeling.
- 2.3 Prepare maps automatically using the GIS and remote sensing programs.
- 3. Values
- 3.1 Appreciate teamwork and cooperate with her colleagues in performing collective assignments.
Course Content:
- A general introductory preface to the application domains of GIS and its analytical capabilities.
- Methods of conversion among models of spatial representation within GIS.
- Vector & Raster Conversion
- Query functions
- Map overly functions
- Network analysis functions
- Modeling the spatial relation among the spatially variables.
- Final layout of spatial analysis results.
Textbook (s)
- Dweqat, Qassim. (2010). GIS. Amman
- Cartographica
-The Cartographic Journal
-Cartography and Geographic Information Science
Course ID: GEOG 304
| Credit hours | Theory | Practical | Laboratory | Lecture | Studio | Contact hours | Pre-requisite | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | GEOG 212 |
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