地理信息系统课程
《地理信息系统》是综合地理学、地图学、遥感技术和计算机于一体的边缘学科，主要包括地理信息系统基础理论和社会实践，本课程介绍地理信息系统的基本概念、空间数据的数学基础、空间关系和空间分析的基本原理、地理信息系统数据的采集、存储与管理、处理、分析和图形创造等技术方法和生态学应用。通过学习，学生掌握地理信息系统原理和方法，借助软件解决生态学实际问题，对地理信息安全保密要求有更清楚的认识。
‘Geographic Information System’ (GIS) is an inter-disciplinary of geography, cartography, remote sensing, and computer science.
It includes the fundamental ideology of GIS and its application to so
cial science. This course contains the basic concepts of GIS, the mathe
matics for spatial data, the ideology of spatial relation and analysis,
GIS data acquisition, the techniques of data saving, management, analys
is and visualization and their applications to ecology. At the end of
this course, students will have learnt the fundamental ideology and mech
anism of GIS, been able to practically deal with ecologic issues through
software tools and been clearer with the rules of geographic information security.
