Geographic Information Science Certificate Program

This Web-based distance learning program focuses on the core geographic information technologies (GIS, GPS, remote sensing) and their impact on scientific analysis and policy formulation. The four graduate courses in this program may be taken individually for graduate credit by students admitted specifically to the GIS Graduate Certificate Program as well as students enrolled in other USC Graduate Programs.

Modeling Recreational Boat Traffic in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

This multiple year project funded by the California Department of Boating and Waterways utilizes the network analysis tools in ArcGIS with various geospatial data themes and field surveys to predict recreational boat traffic on specific waterway segments and days in the Delta. The initial results are promising (boat traffic predictions match boat counts at the majority of sites at which boats were counted) and current work is focused on expanding the model to predict the contributions of boat moored at marinas on recreational boat traffic throughout the Delta.