Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 1.963 (Fall 2004) 
• Course Title:
• Environmental Engineering Applications of Geographic Information Systems 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Civil and Environmental Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Daniel Sheehan 
• Course Introduction:
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  1.963 Environmental Engineering Applications of Geographic Information Systems
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2004

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features lecture notes from a number of class sessions and a complete set of lab exercises given in class.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This graduate seminar is taught in a lecture and lab exercise format. The subject matter is tailored to introduce Environmental Engineering students to the use and potential of Geographic Information Systems in their discipline. Lectures will cover the general concepts of GIS use and introduce the material in the exercises that demonstrate the practical application of GIS.

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  This class contains lectures and lab sessions with instruction in how to use GIS software. Any references to 'Athena' refer to MIT's campus-wide, UNIX® based computing environment, on which the GIS software is run. The GIS software is not provided on this site.