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==Core Readings==
 
==Core Readings==
  
* A Gentle Introduction to GIS [http://docs.qgis.org/2.6/en/docs/gentle_gis_introduction/]. Section on Vector Data, Vector Attribute Data, Raster Data, Topology and Coordinates Reference Systems. 
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* [https://mgimond.github.io/Spatial/feature-representation.html Chapter 2 Feature Representation] of '''Intro to GIS and Spatial Analysis'''
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* [https://mgimond.github.io/Spatial/gis-data-management.html Chapter 3 GIS Data Management] of '''Intro to GIS and Spatial Analysis'''
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* [https://mgimond.github.io/Spatial/coordinate-systems.html Chapter 9 Coordinate Systems] of '''Intro to GIS and Spatial Analysis'''
 
* [http://downloads2.esri.com/support/documentation/ao_/Modeling_our_World.pdf Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design]
 
* [http://downloads2.esri.com/support/documentation/ao_/Modeling_our_World.pdf Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design]
* Map Projection [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_Projection]
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* Geocoding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoding]
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==Additional Readings==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_Projection Map Projection]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoding Geocoding]
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== All About QGIS ==
 
== All About QGIS ==
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* [https://docs.qgis.org/3.4/en/docs/gentle_gis_introduction/ A Gentle Introduction to GIS]. Section on Vector Data, Vector Attribute Data, Raster Data, Topology and Coordinates Reference Systems.

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UrbanGIS.jpg SMT201 Geographic Information Systems for Urban Planning

About

Weekly Session

Take Home Exercises

GIS Project

Course Resources

 



The Evil is in The Data

Geospatial Data Models and Modelling

Representing Real World Geography

  • Digital representation
  • The fundamental problem
  • The spatial data models
  • Topology data models

Georeferencing

  • Basic concepts of projections and coordinates
  • Georeferencing
  • Geocoding

Geospatial data modelling

  • Geospatial database design
  • Spatial Metadata
  • Spatial indexing
  • Multi-user editing and versioning

Geospatial Data Repositories

  • File-based
  • Geospatial RDBMS
  • Cloud based geospatial database


Readings

Core Readings

Additional Readings


All About QGIS