GIS Database Development

This course builds on GIS Database Principles to introduce more advanced relational database topics that are important for GIS and mapping professionals. Through the application of the principles of relational database design, students will learn how to translate business rules into a conceptual entity-relationship model, and eventually a physical database schema. The course will build on geodatabase concepts introduced in the first semester, introducing enterprise geodatabase functionalities like versioning, replication and archiving. Students will learn how to make use of industry-standard software to facilitate Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) workflows to translate data between different formats. Pre-Requisites: GIS Database Principles (GEOM 65). 45 hours.

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