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GIST 52
GEOSPATIAL DATA ACQUISITION & MANAGEMENT · 4 units · used in 5 transfer pathways
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- Foothill catalogcourse record · 2026-2027
- FHDA class listingsWinter 2027 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
Study of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) science and its applications to spatial data management. Data acquisition using GPS, digitizing and scanning techniques. Data management. Editing and verifying. Raster data manipulation and importing. Database management. Advanced queries and database manipulation.
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 18, 2:09 PM UTCGIST 52GEOSPATIAL DATA ACQUISITION & MANAGEMENTOpen1 section · 35 seats reported · 1 instructor
- CRN 31016 · 01WOpen · 35
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.
Advisory: “Advisory: This is an intermediate level course in GIS, and assumes solid understanding of GIST and the ability to use industry standard software; successful completion of GEOG 11 or GIST 11 and GEOG 12 or GIST 12 strongly recommended; not open to students with credit in GEOG 52.”
Transfer pathways that use GIST 52
ASSIST maps GIST 52 to a requirement in 5 published pathways from Foothill College.
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