LAAR 525 - GIS: Geographic Information Systems for Landscape Architects

3 hours.
3 Credits

This computer software application introduces students to the use of a program that provides access to information layers important to the inventory and analysis of the urban environment. Students learn how to access data files (topography, land zoning, architecture, etc.) The course is less about the statistical analysis of GIS data and more concerned with the layering of different inventory files to formulate an analysis of specific landscape project sites and their context. Tools include: spatial modeling, visual analysis, resource management, site design, and the creation of visual data maps that convey the inventory and analysis process common to the practice of landscape architecture.

Prerequisite(s) LAAR 520, ENST 770 or permission of instructor.