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The spanish language Geomatics blog links to two free MIT OpenCourseWare geospatial courses: Environmental Engineering Applications of Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Database Management and Advanced Geographic Information Systems. The two descriptions: "[first course] This graduate seminar is taught in a lecture and lab exercise format. The subject matter is tailored to introduce Environmental Engineering students to the use and potential of Geographic Information Systems in their discipline. Lectures will cover the general concepts of GIS use and introduce the material in the exercises that demonstrate the practical application of GIS. [second course] This class offers a very in-depth set of materials on spatial database management, including materials on the tools needed to work in spatial database management, and the applications of that data to real-life problem solving. Exercises and tools for working with SQL, as well as sample database sets, are provided. A real-life final project is presented in the projects section." Related, APB links to a series of online talks on geovisualization.
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