Online Courses Handbook 2003

10515 (v.2) Land Information Systems 584

Area:	Department of Spatial Sciences
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to Graduate Diploma program
Scope of applications in LIS/GIS. Data quality management. Application of LIS/GIS to land data management, land title systems, urban administration, infrastructure management, mining/petroleum, business, and environmental modelling. Practical implementation and management considerations. Economics and cost-benefit of LIS. Includes case studies with reference and application to systems used in Western Australia. Practical application of GIS software to solve land/geographic problems.