Course Details

Geographic Information Systems

Academic Year 2022/23

NSA014 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIV Summer Semester 1st year

The Geographic information systems offers many tools for solving the problem of watershed and nature protection. Geographic information systems provide tools and operations capable of simulating the methods and approaches used to solving environmental issues. The concept of teaching is focused on spatial analysis, digital elevation models, application, GIS outputs and major GIS products, especially suitable in water management and by solving soil erosion and flood conservation in the river basin.

Credits

3 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Ing. Veronika Sobotková, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Landscape Water Management

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Student gains basic knowledge about GIS which offers many tools for solving the problem of watershed and nature protection.

Student gains basic knowledge about GIS which offers many tools for solving the problem of watershed and nature protection, obtain information about the properties, types and use of digital data in GIS applications. They will acquire knowledge related to spatial analysis, digital relief models, applications, outputs from GIS and important GIS products, especially suitable and used in GIS issues in water management, when dealing with land consolidation and also when dealing with soil erosion control and flood measures.

Aims

The aim of teaching geographic information systems in the environment is to provide students with basic information about the principles of data processing in digital technologies, about the properties, types and use of digital data in GIS applications.
The teaching concept is dedicated to the concept, history and basics of GIS, focusing on spatial analysis, digital models of reliefs, applications, outputs from GIS and important GIS products, especially suitable and used in GIS issues in water management, in land consolidation and also during solving the soil erosion control and flood measures.

Basic Literature

Dumbrovský, M.: Geografické informační systémy. 2010. Opory VUT v Brně. (cs)
JEDLIČKA, J., ŠTYCH, P. Hydrologické modelování v programu ArcGIS. Praha: CITT Praha, GMES, 2007. 62 s (cs)
Janeček, M. a kol. Ochrana zemědělské půdy před erozí: Metodika. Praha: ČZU, 2012, ISBN 978-80-87415-42-9 (cs)

Recommended Reading

Návody a tutoriály Arc GIS PRO. www.arcdata.cz, www.esri.com 
Manuály ATLAS DMT. https://www.atlasltd.cz/ 
Návody QGIS. https://qgis.org/en/site/ 
DUMBROVSKY, M., DRBAL, K., SOBOTKOVÁ, V., UHROVÁ, J., (2019). An approach to identifying and evaluating the potential formation of ephemeral gullies in the conditions of the Czech Republic. Soil and Water Research. 15. 10.17221/231/2018-SWR. (en)

Syllabus

1. Introduction to GIS, ArcGIS application performance, basic work with ArcGIS applications, WMS connection. 2. Coordinate systems, georeferencing. 3. Basic work with model data. Prepared data. Creation of map outputs (layout). 4. Editing in ArcGIS, creation of new shapefile, working with tools in ArcToolbox, creating text and labeling. 5. Working with raster layer. Basic setup of the project, creation of map outputs (layout). 6. Making DMT in ArcGIS and basic topographical and hydrological modeling. 7.–8. Preparing data in ArcGIS for the calculation runoff conditions (DesQ). 9. Preparing the data for the calculation of soil loss. 10. Preparation of input data in ArcGIS for the ATLAS program. 11. Working in the ATLAS program, creation of DME, hydrological tools. 12. Working with the program ATLAS – continued, erosion process. 13. Test.

Prerequisites

The basic knowledge of the areas Hydrology, Watershed protection, The basic PC skills.

Corequisites

Watershed protection, The basic PC skills.

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/255690

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Introduction to GIS, ArcGIS application performance, basic work with ArcGIS (QGIS) applications, WMS connection. 2. Coordinate systems, georeferencing. 3. Basic work with model data. Prepared data. Creation of map outputs (layout). 4. Editing in ArcGIS (QGIS), creation of new shapefile, working with tools in ArcToolbox, creating text and labeling. 5. Working with raster layer. Basic setup of the project, creation of map outputs (layout). 6. Making DMT in ArcGIS (QGIS) and basic topographical and hydrological modeling. 7.–8. Preparing data in ArcGIS (QGIS) for the calculation runoff conditions (DesQ). 9. Preparing the data for the calculation of soil loss. 10. Preparation of input data in ArcGIS for the ATLAS program. 11. Working in the ATLAS program, creation of DME, hydrological tools. 12. Working with the program ATLAS – continued, erosion process. 13. Test.