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Course Details
Name Advanced GIS (UMA Graduate Course)
Professor John Finn
Number ECO 697K
Location
Campus Amherst
Supports the following Option Areas CSS - Coastal Systems Science
ICM - Integrated Coastal Management
LMRSM - Living Marine Resources Science and Management
MBEC - Marine Biogeochemistry and Environmental Change
MOT - Marine Observation Technologies
MASMA - Marine and Atmospheric System Modeling and Analysis
OHH - Ocean and Human Health
Description This course will cover a number of methods and applications in GIS. Basic automation methods of repetitive or complex tasks using Model Builder and Python scripting will be covered first. Then these methods will be applied to a number of common problems in Natural Resources including home range definition species habitat relationships, occupancy models, and movement analysis.
Notes This course is an elective.
Additional Info 3 credits