Geographical Information System is designed to work with complicated environmental and geospatial data and provides functions for data entry, management, thematic mapping, data analysis and map layout. With increasing concerns of environmental and ecological issues, the requirements of applying geospatial information and various data types across scales become more and more important. To deal with environmental issues such as pollution, natural hazards, natural resources management, habitat suitability analysis and tourism/recreational planning, we usually require datasets from various spatiotemporal scales to better delineate their features. In this course, we will practice ArcGIS software and the diverse toolboxes with different data types and data conversions, and design, create and layout thematic maps.

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