The World & Big Data

3 Credits

Data drives today's world and over 80% of that data is geographic. Increasing volume and varying formats of these geospatial big datasets have posed new challenges. Introduces relevant concepts (e.g., 5 V’s) and techniques (e.g., cloud computing) of big (spatial) data as well as its applications in the real world. Hands-on experiences with Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), analyzing geotagged tweets, and visualizing spatial datasets.