GHY 5850 - Transportation GIS (3)

When Offered: Spring
This course provides fundamentals to the field of transportation research, with a broad overview of its concepts, methods, and areas of application. In this course, students will learn topics such as [1] Spatial Organization, [2] Network Analysis, [3] Allocation Methods, and [4] Urban Transportation and learn how to utilize transportation theories and GIS techniques to solve real world problems. The course is designed to give students an understanding of transportation geography, their capabilities, uses, and limitations. Relevant applications are demonstrated in the class. At the end of the class, students can tackle transport problems through a synthesis of various approaches, activities and a project.