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GEOG 484Machine Learning in Geospatial Science

Units
0.50
Faculty
Environment
Subject
Geography and Environmental Management

Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2025–26.

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

An in-depth study of current machine learning algorithms and their applications in geospatial science, with a focus on earth observation data processing and analysis. Topics include k-nearest neighbour, decision trees, support vector machines, ensemble learning, and some deep neural networks (e.g., CNN, U-Net). Machine learning algorithms implemented using Python will be applied for semantic segmentation, land use and land cover classification, and building and road detection using aerial and satellite images.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed the following:
    • GEOG316 - Multivariate Statistics (0.50)
    • GEOG371 - Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques (0.50)

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • CS480 - Introduction to Machine Learning (0.50)

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention GEOG 484, September 2023 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.

Winter 2024

Courses related to LiDAR or Photogrammetry? 7 points, 5 comments

“Are there courses related to LiDAR, SLAM, or Photogrammetry? Interested in knowing but what I know so far is prob ECE 495, MTE 544, STAT 443 (Kalman Filtering?), have no clue for Photogrammetry”

u/WestonSpec: “… GEOG 484 (Machine Learning in Geospatial Science) may be relevant too, since it deals with interpreting imagery with machine learning tools. …”

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Fall 2023

CS 485? 1 point, 2 comments

“I'm considering taking CS 485 - Statistical and Computation Foundations of Machine Learning. I'm interested in applied ML more so than theoretical ML, so I'm wary of how hard it will be. …”

u/atifmi: “… topic specific machine learning application can be found in PHYS 449, ECON 424 and GEOG 484. …”

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Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

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