Getting Started with CyberGIS

This course is intended to introduce students to CyberGIS—Geospatial Information Science and Systems (GIS)—based on advanced cyberinfrastructure as well as the state of the art in high-performance computing, big data, and cloud computing in the context of geospatial data science. Emphasis is placed on learning the cutting-edge advances of cyberGIS and its underlying geospatial data science principles.

• Understand fundamentals of CyberGIS and geospatial data science
• Handle geospatial data effectively
• Apply advanced computing techniques for data analysis
• Use high-performance computing and big data tools

• Basic knowledge of GIS
• Basic experience with Python