Course syllabus
Welcome to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 2: Spatial Analysis at Dalarna University
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is often defined as a system that enables the collection, management, analysis, and visualization of information that can be tied to a geographic location. Nowadays, GIS is used in many different application areas. Urban planning, crisis management, or commercial services are just a few of them.
The main focus of this course is combine spatial and non-spatial data and to analyze the data. The results of the analysis will be presented in maps and in tables. Maps are a common way to present results of a spatial analysis and therefore different techniques for visualization will be discussed in the course.
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Getting started: In Course handbook you can find information related to the learning outcomes, course outline, examination and other useful information.
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Schedule: There are two compulsory seminars in the course in this course, those are held on Zoom. The Zoom-meetings are included in TimeEdit. During the course there will be offered times to meet with the teachers online, to discuss your progress or questions. Please, check student handbook for more information.
Start your work: The course is structured into three seperate modules. The first module starts week 1 in the course, with a recorded introduction to the course and introduction to the Assignment 1. You work with the Assigment 1 also in the week 2 and week 3 of the course. This first module ends week 3 with the first seminar where students present the result of Assignment 1. If you have questions related to Assignment 1, contact Daniel (dbr@du.se). The second module starts week 4 when the Assignment 2 is introduced, in week 5 there is schedule second seminar, where results of Assignment 2 are presented. If you have questions related to Assignment 2, contact Daniel (dbr@du.se). The last module starts week 6 of the course and run to the week 10 of the course. In the third module, there is not schedule any seminar. Assignmetn 3 is submitted in the end of week 10 of the course. In this module is planned Christmass break. If you have questions related to Assignment 3, contact Zuzana (zma@du.se). You can access the modules using the left sidebar or by clicking on the list below: Assignment 1 Modeling distances in GIS |
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Course staff: If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us. Use mail, not message through Canvas, please.
Daniel Brandt, Course Coordinator, dbr@du.se Zuzana Macuchova, zma@du.se |
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