CSCI 587 Geospatial Information Management

Units: 4
Terms Offered: Fa

Techniques to efficiently store, manipulate, index and query geospatial information in support of real-world geographical and decision-making applications.
Prerequisite: CSCI 485 or CSCI 585
Recommended Preparation: Familiarity with conceptual data modeling tools such as Entity-Relationship (ER) data model, logical data models such as the relational and object-relational data model, SQL3 as a commercial query language, normal forms and logical data design. Familiarity with the physical design of a database using persistent data structures such as B+-tree and Hash indexes
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter