This module discusses aspects of geographic information, geographic information technologies, remote sensing, and spatial analysis. You will learn about geographic information science, spatial data, attribute data, the disciplines contributing to GIS, and the applications of GIS. You will also learn about the origins of GIS, GIS capabilities, spatial data acquisition; data investigation, and software integration.

In this module, you will learn about representing the real-world on a digital scale. You will be introduced to how to convert real-world data into a digital real-world model, and the principles of the real-world model. You will also learn about entities in the real-world model, attributes, and relationships.