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A Workshop on Geographic Information Systems

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States11.520
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2005English
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This class uses lab exercises and a workshop setting to help students develop a solid understanding of the planning and public management uses of geographic information systems (GIS). The goals are to help students: acquire technical skills in the use of GIS software; acquire qualitative methods skills in data and document gathering, analyzing information, and presenting results; and investigate the potential and practicality of GIS technologies in a typical planning setting and evaluate…

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