Academic Catalog

MASC504 INTRODUCTION TO GIS

Course Code:	9500504
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(1-2)
ECTS Credit:	8.0
Department:	Graduate School Of Marine Sciences
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Graduate
Course Coordinator:	Assist.Prof.Dr KORHAN ÖZKAN
Offered Semester:	Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course is intended to serve as an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) using ArcGIS software. The scope of the course is balanced between theoretical foundations and hands-on practical exercises. The practical exercises will be constructed relevant to marine sciences. The topics of interest include spatial data types, map projections and GPS, spatial operations on raster and vector data as as well as using model builder.