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MOOC Introduction to GIS Mapping - Université de Toronto, Canada

• Organisation : Coursera - on-line courses
• Way of training : Life-long learning - Distance learning - E-learning (mooc, spoc, wikis ...)
• Language(s): English
• Place: on-line course
• Prepared diploma/grade/title: CES: Certificate of Advanced Studies (from a higher education institution)

Course Details

Objectives : Course proposed by the University of Toronto, Canada
Get started learning about the fascinating and useful world of geographic information systems (GIS)! In this first course of the specialization GIS, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis, you'll learn about what a GIS is, how to get started with the software yourself, how things we find in the real world can be represented on a map, how we record locations using coordinates, and how we can make a two-dimensional map from a three-dimensional Earth. In the course project, you will create your own GIS data by tracing geographic features from a satellite image for a location and theme of your choice. This course will give you a strong foundation in mapping and GIS that will give you the understanding you need to start working with GIS, and to succeed in the other courses in this specialization.

Admission requirements : beginner.
You will need a Windows computer with ArcGIS Desktop installed. (software is not provided)

Dedicated web site : https://fr.coursera.org/learn/introduction-gis-mapping

Disciplines

• Engineering Sciences

Topics

• 14 - Transports, Intelligent Transportations Systems (ITS), Mobility, Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
• 15 - Earth Observation, Remote Sensing, GIS, Geomatics
• 20 - Health and Society: Health, Space Medicine, Biomedical, Biological Engineering, Risks, Defence, Security, Tourism, Policy
• 21 - Natural Resources and Environment Management/Protection, Infrastructures