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Minor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing / Digital Image Processing
The minor consists of a series of courses that will satisfy a new minor in Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing. Majors in the sciences, business & economics, sociology, criminal justice and others are encouraged to take the introductory courses and preferably to minor in GIS & Remote Sensing as it is and will be a very important state of the art tool for many such diverse discipline.
WHAT IS GIS? GIS or Geographic Information System is a computer based system that can input, manage, manipulate, analyze, and output (maps, tables, etc.) georeferenced data. Georeferenced data is one that can be tied to a particular location, for example, the location of banks, home improvement stores, wetlands area, city blocks that have lead contaminated soils, stands of redwood, city blocks with the highest crime rate, crime type and frequency, etc. In short, it is a way to present vast amounts of information in a way people can quickly and comfortably absorb (data visualization).
A GIS is a fast and powerful tool for handling spatial (space) or locational data. The ability to perform high speed analyses of different types of information integrated together provides a qualitative and quantitative advantage for planning scenarios, developing decision models, and change detection i.e. changes in wetland distribution to determine whether wetlands are being lost, analyses and other types of planning activities.
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CURRICULUM for a MINOR in GIS and REMOTE SENSING
CSC 111 Introduction to Computing 3
GEOL 332 Geomorphology/Aerial Photo Interpretation 3
GEOG 221 Cartography 3
GEOL 360 Introduction to GIS 4
GEOL 365 Introduction to Remote Sensing 4
GEOL 461 Advance GIS 4
TOTAL 21 Semester Credit Hours
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APPLICATIONS: Applications are varied and include:
SCIENCES
wetlands inventory & detection in wetland degradation
soil type, vegetation type analyses map/data
pollutant distribution
wildlife inventory, migration patterns & distribution
monitoring of coastal environment
hazard assessment and management
change and time series analysis environmental monitoring and analysis
multi-criteria and multi-objective decision making
variable rate fertilizer application (precision farming)
yield monitoring (precision farming)
BUSINESS/ECONOMIC/BANKING/MARKETING
marketing analysis & planning
ZIP code map/data for business mailing & telephone solicitation
trade area analytical study
site selection
environmental impact study
portfolio analysis
sales forecasting & planning
operations assessmentFEDERAL/STATE/CITY/COUNTY OPERATIONS
land registration, land use for tax rate purposes
street, water & sewer lines, power lines, lamp posts, manhole, etc.
land use regulations, zoning and planning
emergency response (911) and best routing
transportation planning and maintenance
water resource & other natural resource management
park management plans & maintenanceSOCIOLOGY/CRIMINAL JUSTICE/HEALTH SCIENCES
crime statistics map distribution for police departments
mapping of crime types/location/frequency/timing/concentration
epidemiological map/data/analyses
geographic access to rural health care
flood and other disaster relief effort
urban planning & analyses
911 emergency routingThese are just some of the applications that GIS is capable of. Please contact the Department of Geosciences for more information regarding this course and/or minor.
For more information,
Contact the Department of Geological, Environmental and Marine Sciences
Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Tel: (252) 335-3375
FAX: (252) 335-3465
E-Mail: FCSANJUAN@MAIL.ECSU.EDU
