Geographic Information Systems for Field
Scientists: BIOSM 275
dates: will be offered in 2009credits: 2 semester credits
Prerequisites: None
This course will introduce concepts of GIS to students interested in
applying this technology to research in the field. Students will learn
to use ArcGIS software and Garmin hand-held GPS units using Appledore
Island and the surrounding waters and islands of the Isles of Shoals
archipelago as the course field site. Creating, managing, and analyzing
data will be covered, along with methods of importing GPS data into
GIS, representing data, making maps, and linking pictorial and
geographic information.
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Faculty:
Shane Bradt,
University of New Hampshire
Brad Anderson,
University of New Hampshire
