GEOG 255Data Management and Analysis using Geographic Information Systems
- Faculty
- Environment
- Offered
- Fall
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1992–93 to 1994–95 (before that, 1967–68 to 1968–69 used the number for Land-Use Survey and Analysis and Planning Surveys and Analysis: Sources of data for Planning and their analysis); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Geographic information systems (GIS) are used as an organizing framework for discussion of data management in planning and geography. Topics include: data sources; methods of collection; database management; principles of geographic information systems; applications of geographic information systems in urban and regional analysis, monitoring and evaluation.
As printed in the 1992–93 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: ENV S 178 and GEOG 160
Antireq: PLAN 255
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
One post or comment in 1 thread mentions GEOG 255, October 2011 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2011
Lots of people asking for electives/bird courses .. so here you go! 2 points, 30 comments
u/Mackinstyle: “Bwahahaha GEOG 255 is a bird course? First of all, it's now 281. Secondly, why then, do so many people struggle so hard with it when I TA the damn thing? The CS students think it's easy until they get swamped with having to think about the problem and not just how to code. …”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1967–68 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1992–93 to 1994–95 3 calendars
Geographic information systems (GIS) are used as an organizing framework for discussion of data management in planning and geography. Topics include: data sources; methods of collection; database management; principles of geographic information systems; applications of geographic information systems in urban and regional analysis, monitoring and evaluation.
Prereq: ENV S 178 and GEOG 160
Antireq: PLAN 255
Offered Fall · 2 class, 2 lab hours a week · 0.5 credit
Not in the 1969–70 to 1991–92 calendars.
1968–69 1 calendar
Another title: Planning Surveys and Analysis: Sources of data for Planning and their analysis, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
The course will-emphasize the sources and methods of collection of rural and urban land use data. Particular attention will be paid to the types of land use information essential to transportation, housing and recreation planning. The setting up of regional and urban land use data banks will also be outlined.
A series of laboratory sessions will be conducted on land use data sources and methods of data collection.
2 lectures, 2 hours studio. {Given in fall term).
Prerequisite: Honours Planning students only, or consent of instructor.
1967–68 1 calendar
Another title: Land-Use Survey and Analysis, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
Methods of land-use mapping in urban and rural area; development of land-use capability classification; land-use classification for special purposes; regional and national resource inventory; use of census data, government documents, soils reports, engineering and transportation studies; guidelines for preparing pre-planning reports.
2 lectures, 2 hours studio. (Given in fall term).
Prerequisite: Honours Planning students only, or consent of instructor.