CEIE410/510 - GIS in Engineering

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Next Class is Monday November 17.
  • Lab 6 is due
  • Grad Student seminar information is available.
  • Schedule-linked reading list added to syllabus page.
  • My Fall 2008 Office Hours Thursdays 3-6 PM.

Fall 2008 - Dr. Michael Casey

Screen capture of geo-stationary satellite view of the Earth from the "Freefall" Satellite Motion Simulation program for Mac OS X.

freefall image

Catalog Description

Prerequisites: CS 112, CEIE 360; corequisite: CEIE 455. Credit is not given for both CEIE 410 and 510. Introduces geographic information systems (GIS) and their application in environmental, transportation, land-use planning, and other situations. Explores methods, technologies for spatial data acquisition, specification, storage, manipulation, query, thematic analysis, presentation, and application in the design process. Introduces relationships, integration of GIS with computer aided design and global positioning system. Hands-on projects. f

Instructor

Dr. Michael J. Casey, PE
Room 301, STII Fairfax campus
email: mcasey4 @ gmu.edu
Tel: (703) 993-2091