Geographic Information Systems 2 - Scientific Data
Please welcome to the course Geographic Information Systems 2. My name is Cristian Gudasz and I am the course coordinator and instructor for the course. The course is held in English and entirely online, but we will interact through an online forum. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, cristian.gudasz@umu.se, or the student administrator, sandra.straumdal@umu.se. Welcome to the course and hope that you find it intellectually stimulating and useful for your scientific development.
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Course information, assignments, and reading material are in English. The course is given through an internet platform, Canvas. If you are registered for the course, you will have access to the course site on Canvas on March 20. At the beginning of the course, you will receive information on how to install the software (ArcGIS) we are using. You will need to have access to a computer with Windows, with a recommended RAM of at least 8 GB.
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