AT76.20 GIS Programming and Modeling

Course Objective: This course aims at providing advance knowledge in spatial data understanding, analysis and programming skill in GIS environment. Students will also be exposed to advance geoprocessing and modeling techniques, exploratory geostatistical analysis and spatial data analysis to impart advance knowledge of programming, customization and automation in GIS.

Learning Outcomes:
The students on the completion of this course would be able to:
1. Perform object-oriented programming tasks in GIS using Python;
2. Analyze GIS-model interactions and design procedures for modeling with GIS;
3. Develop their own tools for geospatial analysis;
4. Develop GIS-based models in Python for various applications integrated with ArcGIS;
5. Describe general software engineering concepts and good programming methods and practices; and
6. Critically evaluate different methodologies for developing applications in GIS;

Pre-requisite: AT76.01 Geographic Information Systems