ClassInfo - Fall 2017 Geography Classes

Fall 2017 | GEOG 8290 Section 001: Seminar in GIS and Cartography (17301)

Instructor(s): Ying Song
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017

Mon 01:00PM - 03:30PM

UMTC, West Bank

Social Sciences Building 278

Course Catalog Description:: Selected concepts/methods. Topics, which vary yearly, include spatial analysis methods in GIS; advanced visualization methods; data quality and error propagation in GIS; generalization methods in GIS and cartography; role of time in GIS; interactive/animated cartography; incorporation of uncertainty. prereq: instr consent
Class Description:: Course focuses on theories, methods and tools in studying urban mobility and accessibility. Topics include analyzing and forecasting urban mobility, measuring accessibility in Urban environment, space-time accessibility and time geography, and new challenges such as shared mobility and automatic vehicles
Who Should Take This Class?:: Graduate students with an interest in studying urban mobility and accessibility
Learning Objectives:: Students are expected to gain knowledge of the past, current, and future of urban mobility and accessibility through assigned readings and class discussions, and get familiar with existing theories, methods, and tools in this realm through lab exercises.
Grading:: Reading Assignments; Lab Exercises; Semester Project/Paper
Class Format:: In-class Discussions; Lab Practices
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17301/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 24 April 2017

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