Learn how you can represent the real world in geographic information systems, and data types in this free online course. This free online course will help you become more knowledgeable about representing the real world in geographic information systems. You will gain an understanding of georeferencing, how to do georeferencing, the kinds of systems you can use, and the various projections that can be applied. You will also be brought up to speed about coordinate reference systems, geographical coordinate-system, geodetic datum, and representation of the earth.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 201591 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Discuss how you can represent a real-world in geographic information system • Identify the different types of data n GIS • List the different types of data models in GIS with examples • Explain the meaning of a data model as used in GIS • Define spatial data as used in geographic information system • Explain the meaning of topology as used in geographic information system • Describe how to do a georeferencing in geographic information system • Define geoid and datums as used in geographic information system • Identify the two types of georeferencing in GIS • Define continuous georeferencing as used in GIS • Describe relative georeferencing and polar georeferencing as used in GIS • List the three major categories by which discrete georeferencing can be done |
| Course Code | 2630 |
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