Geographical information systems (GIS) applications are becoming widespread in modern agriculture. This course introduces students to fundamental concepts as well as recent developments in GIS pertaining to agriculture. Students will engage in spatial analyses that include mapping and summarizing soil, crop, livestock, and weather datasets. During these analyses, students will experience the complete GIS workflow by downloading and inputting data into GIS software, quality controlling and pre-processing datasets, using GIS analytical tools, and exporting spatial products such as digital maps. Students are encouraged take GEOG 3730 or GEOG 2200 in advance of AGRI 3500 [3 credits]
Geographical information systems (GIS) applications are becoming widespread in modern agriculture. This course introduces students to fundamental concepts as well as recent developments in GIS pertaining to agriculture. Students will engage in spatial analyses that include mapping and summarizing soil, crop, livestock, and weather datasets. During these analyses, students will experience the complete GIS workflow by downloading and inputting data into GIS software, quality controlling and pre-processing datasets, using GIS analytical tools, and exporting spatial products such as digital maps. Students are encouraged take GEOG 3730 or GEOG 2200 in advance of AGRI 3500 [3 credits]
