Exercise course: Introduction to GIS (M12) (74061)

WS 2023/2024
2024-02-21-2024-02-23 (several days), S 22 (GEO II); 2024-02-26-2024-02-27 (several days), S 22 (GEO II)

Oliver Archner

Exercise course, 2 ECTS (Requirement: regular participation)

Block Course: from 21 to 23 February 2023 (daily from 9 am to 5 pm) and from 26 to 27 February 2024 (every day from 9 am to 5 pm)

Learning Objectives: Students will become familiar with the most important concepts and functions of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). After completing the course they will be able to conduct a simple spatial analysis independently. 

Course content: Training in GIS software and its functionality: modelling spatial information, spatial reference systems, ways to produce geodata, spatial and factual queries for geodata, selected methods of spatial analysis, formulation of analyses using process models, basic techniques of cartographic presentation.