GIS, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis Capstone
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Course Summary
Learn how to use GIS mapping and spatial analysis techniques in this capstone course. Apply your knowledge to real-world projects and showcase your skills to potential employers.Key Learning Points
- Learn GIS mapping and spatial analysis techniques
- Apply your knowledge to real-world projects
- Showcase your skills to potential employers
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Apply GIS mapping and spatial analysis techniques to real-world projects
- Communicate spatial data effectively through data visualization
- Demonstrate proficiency in GIS software tools
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Basic understanding of GIS concepts and software
- Familiarity with spatial data and analysis techniques
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Online
- Self-paced
- Capstone project
Similar Courses
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialization
- Spatial Data Science and Applications Specialization
Related Education Paths
Notable People in This Field
- Founder of ESRI
- Professor Emeritus of Geography and Director of the Center for Spatial Studies
Related Books
Description
In this capstone course, you will apply everything you have learned by designing and then completing your own GIS project. You will plan out your project by writing a brief proposal that explains what you plan to do and why. You will then find data for a topic and location of your choice, and perform analysis and create maps that allow you to try out different tools and data sets. The results of your work will be assembled into an Esri story map, which is a web site with maps, images, text, and video. The goal is for you to have a finished product that you can share, and that demonstrates what you have learned.
Outline
- Introduction to Story Maps
- Introduction to the capstone project
- Introduction to story maps
- Building your first story map
- Adding pop-ups to a story map
- Get started on your story map now
- GIS Software needed for this course
- Week 1 Quiz
- Data Discovery and Project Proposal
- Advice and guidelines for writing your proposal
- Data Acquisition and Preparation
- Evaluating data using metadata
- Data dictionary
- The importance of metadata
- Viewing and editing metadata in ArcMap
- Downloading and using GIS data
- Adding x,y data from a table
- Clipping a feature class
- Merging feature classes
- Interactive selection in ArcMap
- Select by attribute
- Queries and Venn diagrams
- Select by location
- Select by attribute and location in ArcMap
- Mixing attribute and location queries
- Reclassification and aggregation
- Joining tables
- Working with tables in ArcMap
- Field calculations in tables
- Spatial Analysis
- Vector buffers
- Vector intersection and union
- Constraint analysis
- Areal interpolation
- Spatial join
- ArcToolbox introduction
- Raster zones and regions
- Raster mask and NoData cells
- Local raster operators
- Focal raster operators
- Zonal raster operators
- Global raster operators
- Raster weighted overlay
- Mosaic and aggregate tools
- What is geoprocessing?
- ModelBuilder example
- Getting started with ModelBuilder
- Map Design
- Design principles
- Visual hierarchy
- Contrast
- Figure-ground relationship
- Visual balance
- Choropleth maps
- Creating choropleth maps in ArcMap
- Data classification for mapping
- Data classification methods for mapping
- Dot maps
- Proportional symbol maps
- Graduated symbol maps
- Story Map
- Guidelines for your story map
Summary of User Reviews
GIS Mapping and Spatial Analysis Capstone course on Coursera has received positive reviews from students. The course provides a comprehensive understanding of GIS mapping and spatial analysis. Students highly praised the course instructor and the practical projects that allowed them to apply their learning.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
The practical projects that allowed students to apply their learningPros from User Reviews
- Comprehensive understanding of GIS mapping and spatial analysis
- Highly knowledgeable course instructor
- Practical projects that allowed students to apply their learning
- Engaging and interactive course content
- Excellent resources and support provided by the course team
Cons from User Reviews
- Some students found the course content to be too basic
- The course requires a significant time commitment
- Limited feedback provided on assignments
- Some technical issues with the course platform
- Not suitable for those without a basic understanding of GIS mapping
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