Course Objective:
Geographic information systems provide powerful new tools for real estate professionals. GIS can improve the site selection, valuation and market analysis functions for real estate development, brokerage and research firms. During the workshop, instructor will demonstrate GIS capabilities, introduce readily available data sources, and demonstrate GIS-based real estate applications. In addition to providing an overview of GIS technology, this hands-on workshop will give participants the opportunity to work with GIS software.

Administrative
Office Hours: To Be Announced
Room Number: A 316
Phone Number: (90) 212-889-0810 extension 2067
E-mail: mmcadams@fatih.edu.tr
Course website: http://www.fatih.edu.tr/~mcadams/geo491/

Textbooks/Resource Materials:
Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems

Class Participation
You are expected to attend class daily and participate in disucssions. This means that if readings are required before coming to class you are expected to be prepared to discuss the material. I conduct my class according to the Socratic method and it is imperitive that you be able to discuss the material intelligently. Attendance will be taken daily and participation noted. There will be several exercises during the class and participation is also expected for these events.

This Class and the Internet
The Internet is an integral part of this class. All the pertinent information about my class is contained in my homepage I think you will find that the use of the Internet for this class gives it incredible flexibility. . At anytime day or night, you can access some of the most important elements of this class and also send me e-mail. I check my e-mail frequently and you can often get a quicker response than waiting for class or my normal office hours. In addition, you can submit take-home exercises by e-mail.

E-mail Accounts
All students are required to have an active Fatih e-mail account.  I will only send and receive e-maıl through the Fatih e-mail system.,

Evaluation