PLAN 487Management Issues in Geographic Information Systems

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Environment
Subject: Planning
Cross-listed: GEOG 487

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

When it runs

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Built around a set of key issues in the management of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Focuses on middle management concerns and covers topics including GIS needs assessment, benchmarking, the law and spatial data, spatial data warehousing, multi-user GIS modelling, and GIS application development. Uses of GIS in both public and private sector organizations are covered.

Prerequisites

Complete 1 of the following
- Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
  - GEOG381 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems (0.50)
  - PLAN381 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems (0.50)
- Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
  - GEOG387 - Spatial Databases (0.50)
  - PLAN387 - Spatial Databases (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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2020–21
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