Catalog Description: Geography 15 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
GIS is a geographically-based, computer assisted information technology that captures, organizes, queries, and analyzes spatial relationships between locations and attributes of Earth's physical, cultural, and economic features. GIS facilitates visualization of spatial relationships and decision-making by interactively linking maps, databases, images, and charts. GIS is both a tool for learning across the curriculum and an integrated system and science for solving real-world spatial problems within and across every economic sector. This course introduces entry-level GIS theory, principles, concepts, applications, and operations through a combination of lectures, demonstration, interactive web sessons and tutorials, and active learning strategies. Students will acquire basic hands-on GIS experience with current industry-standard software. Field trips may be required. 3 hours.
Geography at Las Positas College
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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Layers, top to bottom
- Color orthophoto draped over the raw LIDAR surface, with the 3D buildings incorporated.
- TIN surface of bare-earth LIDAR surface, with the 3D buildings incorporated.
- Color orthopoto draped over the bare-earth LIDAR surface
- TIN surface of bare-earth LIDAR, color-coded by elevation.
- TIN surface of raw LIDAR. Note the irregular building edges.
- Raw last-return LIDAR points, color-coded by elevation.
WEB LINKS
Syllabus ESRI Fire Perimeters Course Outline ESRI 3D Virtual Model Textbook ESRI Ft. Bragg, LIDAR Mapping USGS Home Page ESRI - The GIS Software Leader USGS Geography Home ESRI Hurricane Surge Map USGS Earthquakes ESRI Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
An Example of a Use of GIS Software - A Three-Dimensional Virtual Model
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, LIDAR Terrain Mapping
Hurricane Surge Map for Glynn County, GA
Total Expressway Maintenance Management System, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
