Temple PSM in GIS https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis Professional Science Master's in Geographic Information Systems Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:57:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/files/2017/02/cropped-BigT-32x32.jpg Temple PSM in GIS https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis 32 32 Courses offered Spring 2024 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2023/10/03/courses-offered-spring-2024/ https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2023/10/03/courses-offered-spring-2024/#respond Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:36:08 +0000 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/?p=802 The following courses are being offered Spring 2024. All instruction is in person at Main Campus unless otherwise specified. Courses that meet in person or for synchronous remote sessions are scheduled for 5:30pm to 8pm, except where noted otherwise. Please refer to Banner for more information.

Course tags:

  • GIS or GDS is a required course for the PSM in GIS or GDS, or both.
  • Other courses are electives. Required courses in one program may be used as electives in the other program.

Asynchronous/Fully online

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Gardener

Monday

  • GUS 5066 – Environmental Applications of GIS – Prof. Wolanski
  • GUS 8061 – Big Geospatial Data (GDS req) – Prof. Li

Tuesday

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – TBD
  • GUS 5069 – GIS for Health Data Analysis – Prof. Wiese

Wednesday

  • GUS 5031 – GIS Programming (GIS req) – Prof. Kmetz
  • GUS 5161 – Statistics for Urban Spatial Analysis – Prof. Dahal
  • GUS 8066 – GIS Application Development (GDS req) – Prof. Hachadoorian

Thursday

  • GUS 5033 – Urban Analytics – Prof. Li
  • GUS 5068 Web Mapping and Map Servers (ONLINE) – Prof. Gardener

Friday

  • GUS 9187 – GIS Capstone (GIS/GDS req, does not meet every week) – Prof. Hachadoorian

Daytime Tues/Thurs

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS (2:00pm-3:20pm) – Prof. Mennis
  • GUS 5161 – Statistics for Urban Spatial Analysis (11:00am-12:20pm) – Prof. Dahal
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Courses Offered Fall 2023 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2023/04/10/courses-offered-fall-2023/ https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2023/04/10/courses-offered-fall-2023/#respond Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:38:58 +0000 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/?p=782 The following courses are being offered Fall 2023. All instruction is in person at Main Campus unless otherwise specified. Courses that meet in person or for synchronous remote sessions are scheduled for 5:30pm to 8pm, except where noted otherwise. Please refer to Banner for more information.

Course tags:

  • GIS or GDS is a required course for the PSM in GIS or GDS, or both.
  • Other courses are electives. Required courses in one program may be used as electives in the other program.

Asynchronous/Fully online

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Gardener

Monday

  • GUS 5031 – GIS Programming (GIS req) – Prof. Hachadoorian
  • GUS 8065 – Cartographic Design (GIS req) – Prof. Henry

Tuesday

  • GUS 5065 – Urban GIS – Prof. Mennis

Wednesday

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Dahal
  • GUS 5067 – Location Analysis and GIS – Prof. Mennis

Thursday

  • GUS 5063 – Remote Sensing – Prof. Gutierrez-Velez
  • GUS 5073 – Geovisualization (GDS req) – Prof. Li
  • GUS 8067 – Spatial Database Design (GIS req) – Prof. Hachadoorian

Friday

  • GUS 9187 – GIS Capstone (GIS/GDS req, does not meet every week) – Prof. Hachadoorian
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Courses Offered Summer 2023 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2023/04/10/courses-offered-summer-2023/ https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2023/04/10/courses-offered-summer-2023/#respond Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:26:12 +0000 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/?p=783 The following courses are being offered Fall 2023. All instruction is in person at Main Campus unless otherwise specified. Courses that meet in person or for synchronous remote sessions are scheduled for 5:30pm to 8:25pm, except where noted otherwise. Please refer to Banner for more information.

  • Summer 1 runs from Monday, May 15 – Monday, June 26.
  • Summer 2 runs from Tuesday, June 27 – Tuesday, August 8.

Course tags:

  • GIS or GDS is a required course for the PSM in GIS or GDS, or both.
  • Other courses are electives. Required courses in one program may be used as electives in the other program.

Asynchronous/Fully online — Summer 1

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Gardener

Tuesday/Thursday — Summer 1

  • GUS 5066 – Environmental Applications of GIS – Prof. Dahal – MEETS ONLINE

Tuesday/Thursday — Summer 2

  • GUS 8069 – GIS Ethics and Professional Practice (GIS/GDS req) – Prof. Hachadoorian – HYBRID (Tues on campus, Thurs virtual)

Wednesday — Summer 1 + 2 (12 week)

  • GUS 5162 – Advanced Statistics for Urban Applications (GIS/GDS req) – Prof. Dahal

Friday — Summer 1 + 2 (12 week)

  • GUS 9187 – GIS Capstone (GIS/GDS req, does not meet every week) – Prof. Hachadoorian
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Courses Offered Spring 2023 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2022/10/18/courses-offered-spring-2023/ https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2022/10/18/courses-offered-spring-2023/#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2022 15:48:54 +0000 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/?p=773 The following courses are being offered Spring 2023. Courses that meet in person or for synchronous remote sessions are scheduled for 5:30pm to 8pm, except where noted otherwise. Please refer to Banner for more information.

Course tags:

  • GIS or GDS is a required course for the PSM in GIS or GDS, or both.
  • Other courses are electives. Required courses in one program may be used as electives in the other program.

Asynchronous/Fully online

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Wiese

Monday

  • GUS 5066 – Environmental Applications of GIS – Prof. Wolanski
  • GUS 8068 (online) – Web Mapping and Map Servers – Prof. Gardener

Tuesday

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Dahal
  • GUS 5069 – GIS for Health Data Analysis – Prof. Henry
  • GUS 8066 – GIS Application Development (GDS req) – Prof. Hachadoorian

Wednesday

  • GUS 5031 – GIS Programming (GIS req) – Prof. Kmetz
  • GUS 5161 – Statistics for Urban Spatial Analysis – Prof. Dahal
  • GUS 8061 – Big Geospatial Data (GDS req) – Prof. Hachadoorian

Thursday

  • GUS 5072 – Advanced Remote Sensing – Prof. Gutierrez

Friday

  • GUS 9187 – GIS Capstone (GIS/GDS req, does not meet every week) – Prof. Hachadoorian

Daytime Only

  • Tues/Thurs 2-3:20pm – GUS 5065 – Urban GIS – Prof. Dahal
  • Tues/Thurs 11am-12:20pm – GUS 5161 – Statistics for Urban Spatial Analysis – Prof. Dahal
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Courses Offered Fall 2022 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2022/08/16/courses-offered-fall-2022/ https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2022/08/16/courses-offered-fall-2022/#respond Tue, 16 Aug 2022 19:53:58 +0000 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/?p=767 The following courses are being offered Fall 2022. All instruction is in person at Main Campus unless otherwise specified. Courses that meet in person or for synchronous remote sessions are scheduled for 5:30pm to 8pm, except where noted otherwise. Please refer to Banner for more information.

Course tags:

  • GIS or GDS is a required course for the PSM in GIS or GDS, or both.
  • Other courses are electives. Required courses in one program may be used as electives in the other program.

Asynchronous/Fully online

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Gardener

Monday

  • GUS 5074 – Applied Machine Learning for Spatial Analysis – Prof. Gutierrez-Velez
  • GUS 8065 – Cartographic Design (GIS req) – Prof. Henry

Tuesday

  • GUS 5065 – Urban GIS – Prof. Dahal – MEETS ONLINE
  • GUS 5072 – Remote Sensing – Prof. Wiese

Wednesday

  • GUS 5031 – GIS Programming (GIS req) – Prof. Hachadoorian
  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Wiese

Thursday

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Dahal
  • GUS 5073 – Geovisualization (GDS req) – Prof. Li
  • GUS 8067 – Spatial Database Design – Prof. Hachadoorian

Friday

  • GUS 9187 – GIS Capstone (GIS/GDS req, does not meet every week) – Prof. Hachadoorian
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Courses Offered Spring 2022 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2021/10/13/courses-offered-spring-2022/ https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2021/10/13/courses-offered-spring-2022/#respond Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:15:54 +0000 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/?p=761 The following courses are being offered Spring 2022. Due to social distancing measures, courses are fully online unless otherwise specified. Courses that meet in person or for synchronous remote sessions are scheduled for 5:30pm to 8pm, except where noted otherwise. Please refer to Banner for more information.

Course tags:

  • GIS or GDS is a required course for the PSM in GIS or GDS, or both.
  • Other courses are electives. Required courses in one program may be used as electives in the other program.

Asynchronous/Fully online

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Gardener

Monday

  • GUS 8061 – Big Geospatial Data (GDS req) – Prof. Li
  • GUS 8068 (online) – Web Mapping and Map Servers – Prof. Gardener

Tuesday

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Wiese
  • GUS 5069 – GIS for Health Data Analysis – Prof. Henry
  • GUS 8066 – GIS Application Development (GDS req) – Prof. Hachadoorian

Wednesday

  • GUS 5031 – GIS Programming (GIS req) – Prof. TBD (not Prof. Hachadoorian, as listed in Banner)
  • GUS 5161 – Statistics for Urban Spatial Analysis – Prof. Dahal

Thursday

  • GUS 5066 – Environmental Applications of GIS- Prof. Dahal
  • GUS 8067 – Spatial Database Design (GIS req) – Prof. Hachadoorian

Friday

  • GUS 9187 – GIS Capstone (GIS/GDS req, does not meet every week) – Prof. Hachadoorian

Additionally, GUS 5065 Urban GIS is available Tues/Thurs 2-3:20pm.

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Courses Offered Fall 2021 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2021/04/06/courses-offered-fall-2021/ https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2021/04/06/courses-offered-fall-2021/#respond Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:27:56 +0000 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/?p=755 The following courses are being offered Fall 2021. Temple is going back to in person instruction in the fall. However, as noted below, some courses are meeting online only. Courses that meet in person or for synchronous remote sessions are scheduled for 5:30pm to 8pm, except where noted otherwise. Please refer to Banner for more information.

Course tags:

  • GIS or GDS is a required course for the PSM in GIS or GDS, or both.
  • Other courses are electives. Required courses in one program may be used as electives in the other program.

Asynchronous/Fully online

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Gardener

Monday

  • GUS 5073 – Geovisualization (GDS req) – Prof. Li
  • GUS 8065 – Cartographic Design (GIS req) – Prof. Henry

Tuesday

  • GUS 5065 – Urban GIS – Prof. Hachadoorian (changed from Kaylor) – MEETS ONLINE
  • GUS 5067 – GIS and Location Analysis – Prof. Mennis

Wednesday

  • GUS 5031 – GIS Programming (GIS req) – Prof. Hachadoorian
  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Li – MEETS ONLINE

Thursday

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Mennis
  • GUS 5072 – Remote Sensing – Prof. Gutierrez

Friday

  • GUS 9187 – GIS Capstone (GIS/GDS req, does not meet every week) – Prof. Hachadoorian
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Courses Offered Spring 2021 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2020/11/30/courses-offered-spring-2021/ https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2020/11/30/courses-offered-spring-2021/#respond Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:29:59 +0000 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/?p=737 The following courses are being offered Spring 2021. Due to social distancing measures, courses are fully online unless otherwise specified. Courses that meet in person or for synchronous remote sessions are scheduled for 5:30pm to 8pm, except where noted otherwise. Please refer to Banner for more information.

Course tags:

  • GIS or GDS is a required course for the PSM in GIS or GDS, or both.
  • Other courses are electives. Required courses in one program may be used as electives in the other program.

Asynchronous/Fully online

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Gardener

Monday

  • GUS 8061 – Big Geospatial Data (GDS req) – Prof. Li
  • GUS 8068 – Web Mapping and Map Servers – Prof. Gardener

Tuesday

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Mennis
  • GUS 5069 – GIS for Health Data Analysis – Prof. Henry

Wednesday

  • GUS 5031 – GIS Programming (GIS req) – Prof. Kmetz (not Prof. Hachadoorian, as listed in Banner)
  • GUS 5066 – Environmental Applications of GIS- Prof. Dahal
  • GUS 5072 – Advanced Remote Sensing – Prof. Gutierrez
  • GUS 8066 – Application Development for GIS (GDS req) – Prof. Hachadoorian

Thursday

  • GUS 5161 – Statistics for Urban Spatial Analysis – Prof. Kaylor
  • GUS 8067 – Spatial Database Design (GIS req) – Prof. Hachadoorian

Friday

  • GUS 9187 – GIS Capstone (GIS/GDS req, does not meet every week) – Prof. Hachadoorian
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Courses Offered Fall 2020 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2020/08/11/courses-offered-fall-2020/ https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2020/08/11/courses-offered-fall-2020/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:11:20 +0000 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/?p=724 The following courses are being offered Fall 2020. Due to social distancing measures, some courses are fully online or in a hybrid format. Courses that meet in person or for synchronous remote sessions are scheduled for 5:30pm to 8pm, except where noted otherwise. Please refer to Banner for more information.

Monday

  • GUS 5073 – Geovisualization (elective) – Prof. Li
  • GUS 8065 – Cartographic Design (required) – Prof. Henry

Tuesday

  • GUS 5065 – Urban Applications of GIS (elective) – ONLINE – Prof. Kaylor
  • GUS 5067 – GIS and Location Analysis (elective) – Prof. Mennis

Wednesday

  • GUS 5031 – GIS Programming (required) – Prof. Hachadoorian
  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – Prof. Li

Thursday

  • GUS 5062 – Fundamentals of GIS – ONLINE – Prof. Dahal
  • GUS 5063 – Remote Sensing (elective) – Prof. Wiese
  • GUS 5068 – Census Analysis with GIS (elective) – Prof. Hachadoorian

Friday

  • GUS 9187 – GIS Capstone (required, does not meet every week) – Prof. Hachadoorian

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Creating a Verified Inventory of Trails in Four New Jersey Counties https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2020/08/04/creating-a-verified-inventory-of-trails-in-four-new-jersey-counties/ https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/2020/08/04/creating-a-verified-inventory-of-trails-in-four-new-jersey-counties/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2020 22:01:15 +0000 https://sites.temple.edu/psmgis/?p=717 As an Environmental Planning Intern at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), I spent this past year working with staff in the Office of Environmental Planning to create a verified inventory of off-road walking, hiking, and biking trails in several New Jersey counties. This ongoing project has included several phases, including data collection and processing, feature editing, verification, and mapping/visualization, all of which I have had the privilege of contributing to. Though the inventory is still in the works for all four counties (including Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer), much of the verification and mapping has been completed for Mercer County. The overall goal of the project is to create a single GIS-friendly file with selectable layers of verified and unverified trails, categorized by surface material and multi-use status, for each of the four counties.

After collecting data from planning staff in Mercer County, processing was completed using Excel and ArcGIS. Beyond basic processing, extensive feature editing was performed in order to ensure correct alignment and positioning of trail polylines. This was done using ArcMap’s editing tools with trail lines layered over high-resolution, leaf-off aerial imagery from Nearmap. Nearmap imagery was also used to verify trail surface material, in combination with Google Maps imagery and official published park and trail maps from organizations like the NJDEP and the New Jersey Trails Association. Figure 1 illustrates this process, visualizing trail surface types and verification status layered over aerial imagery.

Figure 1. Mercer County trail verification using Nearmap aerial imagery

In addition to verifying surface type and correcting geometry, I was tasked with classifying each trail segment according to whether it is multi-use or not. Where possible, I used ArcMap’s distance measuring capabilities to measure the width of trail segments to determine whether they conform to AASHTO standards for path width. In cases where this was not permitted by Nearmap or Google imagery, I referred to official park and/or trail brochures to determine the multi-use status of trails.

Finally, I used ArcMap to determine the percentage of each surface type, which enabled me to make the chart included in Figure 2, which is a county-wide visualization of verified and unverified trails of each surface material. As shown in the pie chart, I was able to successfully verify approximately 71% of the trails in Mercer County using the methods I’ve described so far. Future work may involve performing field checks to verify trails that are not visible in aerial imagery or included on park and trail maps. At this point in the project, next steps include verifying data for Camden and Gloucester Counties, merging the data into a single file for all four counties, and producing more maps and visualizations focused on multi-use status, verification status, surface type, spatial distribution, etc. Eventually, DVRPC hopes to combine this inventory of trails in its New Jersey counties with its existing Regional Trail network data to provide a comprehensive inventory of trails and connections throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region.

Figure 2. County-wide verification of trails

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