This course will introduce students to geographical information system (GIS) concepts, provide a hands-on experience with GIS software, and explore how GIS can be applied in urban and regional planning contexts. Seminar topics include: geographic data and georeferencing; data modelling and collection; thematic mapping, visualization and map design; geodatabases; input and output techniques; spatial and network analysis techniques; and GIS applications in planning.

This course is taught by David Wachsmuth and Ahmed El-Geneidy with David Verbich as Teaching assistant.

For more information, and for links to the assigned readings, please see the course outline.

TRAM GIS data

McGill Data Library

Lab schedule

Final presentations schedule