Module Identifier | GG21710 | |||||||||||
Module Title | ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL DATA | |||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | |||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Bryn P Hubbard | |||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | |||||||||||
Other staff | Mr Peter John Bunting, Dr Aled P Rowlands | |||||||||||
Pre-Requisite | Only available to intending Honours Geographers | |||||||||||
Course delivery | Practical | 10 x 2 hours | ||||||||||
Lecture | 10 x 1 hr | |||||||||||
Assessment |
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Each session will comprise an introductory lecture of 1 hour following by a surgery class of 2 hours. Each session will be accompanied by a computer-based practical that students will be required to complete in their own time. We strongly recommend students complete their practical work in the week following the relevant lecture - allowing full use of the following week's surgery session and leaving time at the end of the semester to fine tune the completed workbook.
Familiarisation with the data handling, processing and presentation techniques involved will be achieved using data sets provided from a range of geographical and earth science settings.
Semester 2: Data Presentation
6. Advanced graphing: Time series; histograms; multiple plots
7. Remote sensing I: Image display
8. Remote sensing II: Image statistics and enhancement
9. Cartography in GIS I: Surface graphs and contour plots
10. Cartography in GIS II: Map production
Problem solving | Quantitative skills, statistical analysis and computer-based analysis of GIS and remotely sensed data | ||
Research skills | Data collection, synthesis, analysis and presentation | ||
Communication | Presentation of data and maps | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | Meeting coursework deadlines and producing two workbooks to specific assessment criteria | ||
Team work | No | ||
Information Technology | Advanced computer-based use of spreadsheets, statistical programmes GIS and remote sensing software | ||
Application of Number | Use of mathematics/statistics in computer-based data synthesis and statistical exercises | ||
Personal Development and Career planning | No | ||
Subject Specific Skills | Specialist skills in GIS analysis. |
This module is at CQFW Level 5