PPOL 6805 / DSAN 6750: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Spatial Data Science

Welcome to the homepage for PPOL 6805 / DSAN 6750: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Spatial Data Science, Fall 2026, at Georgetown University! The course takes place on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 9:00pm in Car Barn 203. More details are provided on the syllabus.

Title	Date
Week 1: Introduction to GIS	Aug 26
Week 2: How Do Maps Work?	Sep 2
Week 3: Vector and Raster Representations	Sep 9
Week 4: Unary Operations	Sep 16
Week 5: Binary Operations and DE-9IM	Sep 23
Week 6: Spatial Joins and Areal-Weighted Interpolation	Sep 30
Week 7: Spatial Data Science: Three Forms of Spatial Autocorrelation	Oct 7
Week 8: Point Processes: Null Models, Clustering, and Regularity	Oct 14
Week 9: Evaluating Spatial Hypotheses I: Point Data	Oct 21
Week 10: Evaluating Spatial Hypotheses II: Areal Data	Oct 28
Week 11: In-Class Midterm	Nov 4
Week 12: Tools for Final Projects	Nov 11
Week 13: Visualizing Spatial Data	Nov 18
Week 14: Final Project Poster Session	Dec 2