GPEC 444. Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing (4 units)
Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/GPS.html#gpec444
Description
Students will learn to design and maintain geospatial databases, validate the topology of a dataset, and produce clear and informative maps and reports. Part two will be dedicated to principles of remote sensing and to analysis of satellite imagery: geospatial database design and maintenance, topology validation and topological rules, the Network analyst extension, the surface tool set, basic concepts of remote sensing, and introduction to Google Earth Engine UI and Google Earth Engine API. May not receive credit for GPEC 444 and IRGN 490 with the subtitles: “Advanced GIS Spatial Analysis” or “Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing.” May be coscheduled with GPEC 244. GPEC 443 or the equivalent training in GIS is recommended.
Prerequisite courses
GPEC 444 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
GPEC 444 is a prerequisite of the following 2 courses: