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This course will familiarize students with applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for infrastructure management. Building, utilizing and sharing reliable asset information and integrating enterprise data will be emphasized, in order to help stakeholders make informed decisions and capitalize on efficiencies of using GIS to support various kinds of facilities and infrastructure. Students will have the opportunity to use GIS applications to do project work in support of facility operations, strategic planning, real estate management, architecture design and construction, sustainability, utilities, buildings and interior space management, drones mapping, among others. Samples will be drawn from large university enterprise with multiple campus locations yet applicable to cities and various other settings. Research and spatial analysis will be conducted using recently acquired GIS orthoimagery, LIDAR and planimetric data for the Johns Hopkins' own Homewood campus. Prerequisite: 430.601 Geographic Information Systems.