Introduction

A guide to Geographic Information Systems for landscape architects, urban planners, and other designers. Topics include terrain modeling, hydrology, landscape ecology, and urban analytics.

Syllabus: GIS for Designers 2020 & 2021

Videos: Youtube

Software: GRASS GIS, QGIS, ArcGIS, & Rhino

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GRASS Datasets

• Natural Earth Dataset for GRASS GIS
• Governor’s Island Dataset for GRASS GIS
• The Hills of Governor’s Island Dataset for GRASS GIS

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QGIS Datasets

• Governor’s Island Dataset for QGIS
• The Hills of Governor’s Island Dataset for QGIS

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ArcGIS Datasets

• Governor’s Island Dataset for ArcGIS
• The Hills of Governor’s Island Dataset for ArcGIS

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Tutorials

• An Introduction to GRASS GIS
• Acquiring Global Data for GRASS GIS
• Acquiring Urban Data for GRASS GIS
• Cartography in GRASS
• Terrain Analysis in GRASS GIS
• Map Algebra in GRASS GIS
• Geomorphometry in GRASS GIS
• An Introduction to QGIS
• Cartography in QGIS
• GRASS in QGIS
• Watershed Analysis in GRASS GIS
• Hydrology in GRASS GIS
• Flooding in GRASS
• Census Data in GRASS
• Python in GRASS
• Terrain Modeling in Rhino
• Terrain Modeling in Grasshopper

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Lectures

• Geodesy
• Cartography
• Decolonizing Cartography

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Readings

• Jorge Luis Borges, On Exactitude in Science
• Umberto Eco, On The Impossibility of Drawing a Map…