Hobart
Introduction
This unit builds on KGG212 GIS: Spatial Analysis and focuses on advanced aspects of spatial data analysis, including practical aspects of programming for GIS customisation. At the start of semester you will spend one day in the field collecting GNSS data on a landslide near Hobart. This datasets is then used in the rest of the unit, starting with exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA), interpolation techniques and terrain modelling, geostatistics, and error propagation modelling. The second part of the unit focuses on GIS application development using the Python programming language. These skills enable you to develop new algorithms and tools, automate tasks, and build custom GIS solutions. This unit will provide you with highly valued skills in the spatial industry.
Summary 2021
Unit name | GIS: Advanced Spatial Analysis |
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Unit code | KGG375 |
Credit points | 12.5 |
Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences |
Discipline | Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences |
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Level | Advanced |
Available as student elective? | Yes |
Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
1 | Apply theory and techniques in GNSS data sampling, exploratory spatial data analysis, interpolation, geostatistics, and error propagation using best practice and industry standards. |
2 | Apply and evaluate interpolation techniques for producing continuous raster surfaces from point sample data. |
3 | Develop Python scripts that implement spatial data input/output methods, spatial data structures, and spatial analysis algorithms. |
4 | Communicate perspectives and knowledge in GIS and spatial sciences to specialist and non-specialist audiences using written, oral, cartographic, and other visual means. |
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Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
KGG541
Teaching
Teaching Pattern | 2-hr lectures and 3-hr practicals weekly, 1-day field excursion in second week |
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Assessment | AT1 - Report 40%) AT2 - Assignment (20%) AT3 - Assignment (40%) |
Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
Required | Information about any textbook requirements will be available from mid November. |
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