GEOG 489 - GIS Application Development

Summer 2013, Section 001 - 3.0 Credits
Schedule Number 144742

Important Dates

Reg Period: 2/4/2013 - 5/28/2013
First Day of Class: 5/22/2013
End of Class: 7/31/2013

Course Description

Advanced topics in GIS customization, including the Systems Development Life Cycle, packaging and deployment, and consuming Web services.

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Prerequisites

GEOG 485

Sample Course Syllabus

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Costs and Fees

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Remarks

GEOG 489 is an elective course for Penn State's Online Master of GIS. The focus of the course is automating repetive GIS tasks and customizing the interface of ArcGIS desktop software with VB.NET programming language. The course consists of 4 projects and a final capstone assignment. Students also learn the basics of the Software Development Life Cycle while completing their final projects. While no previous programming experience is assumed, students will benefit from prior programming experience. GEOG 489 requires the use of ESRI ArcGIS 10.1 and Visual Studio development environment.  

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Material Requirements

Your course materials are listed below. Textbooks can be acquired from any number of textbook sellers. If you wish, you may purchase your books from the sources listed below. The information displayed is provided pursuant to the U.S. Higher Education Opportunity Act.

Material Title	Edition	Author	ISBN	Source
ArcGIS 10.1 Desktop software product. A 1yr education license currently provided free of charge - students receive during enrollment in GEOG 482, or upon request, see Software Requirements.	10.1			ESRI Press

Technical Requirements

Requires: For the current requirements, please go to: https://gis.e-education.psu.edu/gis/techspecs

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Software Requirements

Requires: Work in this course requires the ArcGIS 10.1 Desktop software products. Details on acquiring an educational software license can be found at https://gis.e-education.psu.edu/gis/faq#esri . The course requires the ArcGIS SDK for .NET Framework found on the DVD version of ArcGIS 10.1. The course also requires use of Visual Studio 2010 Professional or Visual Basic 2010 Express. If you have questions regarding the software, please contact the instructor.

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