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    GEG at Moreno Valley College

    GEG- 8 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, with Lab

    Recent Professors
    R. Tavares
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    Not published
    Difficulty
    6.4Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2027 Sections
    View Spring 2027 sections of GEG- 8
    Transfers To
    CSUUCTCA Area UCTCA
    Description
    Study of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and science. The course examines fundamental concepts including primary functions of GIS, digital data models, relational databases, and approaches for spatial analysis of geographic data. Lab introduces students to methods and skills for importing and evaluating spatial data, creating and editing data, as well as geoprocessing, analyzing and displaying spatial data. WebGIS and GPS applications will be incorporated with desktop GIS for data gathering, management, analysis, and display. 42.00 hours lecture and 36.00 hours laboratory. (Letter grade only)
    Usually Held
    Tue 6:00pm–7:05pm, Tue 7:15pm–8:05pm