Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Discuss how you can represent a real-world in geographic information system
• Identify the different types of data n GIS
• List the different types of data models in GIS with examples
• Explain the meaning of a data model as used in GIS
• Define spatial data as used in geographic information system
• Explain the meaning of topology as used in geographic information system
• Describe how to do a georeferencing in geographic information system
• Define geoid and datums as used in geographic information system
• Identify the two types of georeferencing in GIS
• Define continuous georeferencing as used in GIS
• Describe relative georeferencing and polar georeferencing as used in GIS
• List the three major categories by which discrete georeferencing can be done