GGIS 407 Foundations of CyberGIS & Geospatial Data Science

Introduction to CyberGIS: Geospatial Information Science and Systems (GIS) based on advanced cyberinfrastructure and state of the art high-performance computing, big data, and cloud computing in the context of geospatial data science. Students will work within the CyberGISX framework and Jupyter Notebook user environment to conduct data-intensive, reproducible, and scalable geospatial analytics and analyze and visualize geospatial data using leading-edge cyberGIS software and python libraries.

Undergraduate Credit: 4 hours
Graduate Credit: 4 hours

Prerequisite: GGIS 403 or consent of instructor.

Note: Same as GEOL 407.

Course Department: Geography

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Updated: April 4, 2026

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