Hands-on GIS for Earth Scientists

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This course is a hands on course on GIS: two weeks of practical's in the GIS Lab of the faculty of Geosciences. The following topics will be covered:

• Working with ArcGIS desktop (ArcInfo) and Spatial-Analyst (data input, analysis and presentation)

• Automatic DEM extraction of aerial photographs using ERDAS Imagine Leica Photogrammetry suite 2011 (ATE and eAte)

• Mobile GIS / GPS with ArcPad 10

• Local and Global Geo-datasets (GIS, remote sensing)

• Poster makingSoftware and data are also available for students to work at home (laptop).

Period
08-07-2013 - 19-07-2013 (2 weeks)

Target group
Upper year (3rd/4th) bachelor students in the fields of earth sciences, geology, physical geography or related areas of study. Basic academic knowledge in physics/ mathematics is strongly recommended

Course aim
To familiarise students with working with geospatial data and software for landscape analysis on a local and global scale.

Credits
3.0 ECTS credits

Certificate of Attendance

Course fee
EUR 895: Course + course materials + housing

EUR 560: Course + course materials

Course leader
drs. Maarten Zeylmans van Emmichoven

Scholarships
Utrecht Summer School doesn't offer scholarships for this course.

Utrecht University
Address: PO BOX 80148
Postal code: 3508 TC
City: Utrecht
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl
E-mail: summerschool@uu.nl
Phone: 0031302534400