Spatial Database Management: Designing Land Parcel Databases

Managing land parcels and ownership records requires more than basic spreadsheets; it demands robust spatial databases. This text-based course guides you through designing, structuring, and querying relational databases specifically tailored for urban planning and geographic information systems. You will transition from understanding basic database concepts to writing SQL queries that link geographic parcel boundaries with owner registries, gaining the practical skills needed to organize and analyze spatial land records. What you'll learn: - Understand foundational spatial database concepts, relational schemas, and GIS data types. - Design normalized database structures to link parcel geometry with ownership records. - Write SQL queries to retrieve, filter, and aggregate land and owner data. - Apply spatial joins to connect geographic features with administrative attributes. - Practice data cleaning techniques to handle messy public records and ownership histories. - Implement spatial indexing to optimize query performance for large datasets. The course begins with core terminology and relational database theory before moving into database design, SQL querying, and spatial analysis techniques. Designed for beginners in GIS, urban planning, or database management, this course requires no prior database or programming experience. Start building and querying your own spatial parcel databases today.