GEOG 550 is the graduate student section of Geographic Information Science (GEOG 350). It has additional lab and course requirements.  Please read the syllabus and see Dr. Elmes for the project requirements.

Instructor: Dr. Gregory Elmes                                                            Dr. Elmes' teaching page
Email: greg.elmes@mail.wvu.edu

Teaching Assistant: Ms. Amanda Krugh

Course Syllabus
Schedule of Lectures and Exams   

• Unit 15: The Shape of the Earth

• Unit 27: Projections and Transformations

• Unit 37: Fundamentals of Data Storage

• Unit 4: Raster

• Unit 55: Rasters

• Unit 5: Raster Operations

• Unit 10:  Spatial Databases

• Unit 11: Spatial objects and database models

• Unit 12: Relationships among spatail objects

• Unit 13: Vector and object 

• Unit 14: Vector Analysis

• National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
• Core curriculum 1990 Version
• Longley et al. 2005 Case Study #2
• Longley et al. 2005 Case Study #3
• The Geographer's Craft: Coordinate Systems
•  Data Storage, Representation. Access and Standards Dr Keith Clarke, UCSB, Lecture notes