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Advanced Spatial Analysis Using GIS

Module code: CE7C05 · Semester: Semester 1

Resources​

How it's assessed​

No end-of-semester exam. It's assessed through project work.

Spatial analysis and GIS methods, applied through live group project work on real-world sustainable-environment problems.

AssessmentWeight
Project report based on the group work (about 3,000–4,000 words)90%
In-class tests10%

Summarised from the TCD module descriptor, checked 2026-11-09. Details can change from year to year, so check this year's descriptor and Blackboard.

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Questions by Year​

This module has no end-of-semester exam, so there are no past papers. See How it's assessed above.

Topics

  • Spatial analysis on a GIS platform LO4–5
  • Network analysis LO5
  • Spatial data mining LO5
  • Modelling environmental phenomena LO1–2
  • Live project using Dublin as a case study LO1, LO3, LO6
Learning outcomes
  1. Solve spatial analysis problems with interdisciplinary approaches
  2. Discuss and debate environmental solutions
  3. Write and present technical ideas clearly to non-specialists
  4. Apply technical knowledge to a spatial analysis problem
  5. Choose mathematical methods and GIS tools for new, ill-defined problems
  6. Work with experts from other fields
  7. Understand concepts from outside engineering
  8. Summarise the pros and cons of solutions for the public

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.