Course AMI23L

Spatial Data and GIS

7.5 Credits
Second Cycle
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Starts week 13, 2024

This course starts with an introduction to GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and the main characteristics of spatial data. This part of the course focuses on the construction of thematic maps, mapping conventions and map design.
The next part of the course covers techniques to handle, analyse and visualise spatial data in R. The results are presented in a report generated using R and other relevant applications. The last part of the course uses large spatial datasets and spatial statistics to solve locational problems. In connection with this type of analysis methodological problems related to levels of scale and aggregation of micro data will be discussed.
Starts and ends:
week 13, 2024 - week 22, 2024
Study Rate:
50%
Location:
Borlänge
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Normal
Language:
English
Other:
Only for Exchange Students (Erasmus)
Entry Qualifications :
  • 30 credits second level within the Mainfield of Microdata Analysis
Application Code:
HDA-V3GBZ
Main field of study:
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