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Lectures and labs are very useful and Song is a very nice teacher!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2313819","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:05:21.178373+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMzE4OTk5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2313819","instructor_name":"Song Gao","course_label":"GEOG573","course_id":"GEOG 573","course_uid":"course_383500a29b0ac797184420a8","review_date":"2020-05-17 21:27:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"I haven't had an experience like that in any other of my courses and thought it was really helpful to see how applicable this learning is as well as making that connection between life as a student and life after. This has been a fantastic course experience I'd recommend for anyone interested both in GIS and/or data science as a whole.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2313819","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:05:21.178373+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMzE4OTU5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2313819","instructor_name":"Song Gao","course_label":"GEOG573","course_id":"GEOG 573","course_uid":"course_383500a29b0ac797184420a8","review_date":"2020-05-17 21:19:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"The course is well organized, the final project is a great way to allow students to test their newly learned skills, and Song is a fantastic professor. I loved this course!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2313819","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:05:21.178373+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMzAzNzgy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2313819","instructor_name":"Song Gao","course_label":"GEOG573","course_id":"GEOG 573","course_uid":"course_383500a29b0ac797184420a8","review_date":"2020-05-15 14:09:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"Everything with this course is excellent. Professor and TA are the most responsible instructors I have ever met in this campus. They are willing to take time to teach me useful knowledge. Also, they provided me a lot of academic materials that are useful for my future study. I am about to graduate, otherwise I would take another course with them.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2313819","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:05:21.178373+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMzAzNzY0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2313819","instructor_name":"Song Gao","course_label":"GEOG573","course_id":"GEOG 573","course_uid":"course_383500a29b0ac797184420a8","review_date":"2020-05-15 14:06:37 +0000 UTC","comment":"I felt that the class had an appropriate mix of examining the more technical aspects of geocomputing and exploring many real-world applications involving geospatial data and programming.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2313819","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:20.692307+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0MzM4ODk2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2622819","instructor_name":"Yuhao Kang","course_label":"GEOG573","course_id":"GEOG 573","course_uid":"course_383500a29b0ac797184420a8","review_date":"2021-02-03 17:25:45 +0000 UTC","comment":"Yuhao was my TA in GEOG 573 class. He is awesome! He helped us a lot in class and after class, he was always patient and ready to answer our questions. He is highly skilled at Geospatial Analytics and techniques. I would definitely recommend you to take his class. I wish I could stay at UW-Madison a litte bit longer so I can take his class again!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2622819","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0}]