Course Details

Geographic Information Systems

Academic Year 2024/25

BRA011 course is part of 1 study plan

BPC-MI Winter Semester 4th year

Course will provide information on available tools and possibilities of using geographic information systems (GIS) in urban engineering. GIS is a powerful tool for managing, analyzing and presenting data with a wide range of applications in this field. Students will gain knowledge and practical skills in the following areas:
- the possibility of using GIS in urban engineering,
- hardware and software for GIS,
- input data for GIS in urban engineering,
- management of input data, data models,
- GIS analysis tools,
- presentation of the results of analyzes, map creation.

Credits

5 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

geodesy, informatics, information technology, urban planning, river engineering and weirs

Aims

The goals of the course are:
to teach the principles and operation of geographic information systems;
to show how spatial hydrologic modeling can be done by developing a digital representation of the environment in the GIS, then adding functions simulating hydrologic processes;
to develop individual experience in the use of GIS in water management through execution of a term project.
Student complete goal of this course which include developing individual experience in the use of GIS in water management through execution of a term project.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to GIS.
  • 2. Possibilities of GIS in urban engineering – case studies.
  • 3. Hardware and software for GIS.
  • 4. Data formats.
  • 5. Input data for GIS in urban engineering.
  • 6. Data management, data models.
  • 7.–9. Data analysis.
  • 10.–11. Presentation of the results of analyzes, map creation.
  • 12. Web GIS applications.
  • 13. Mobile GIS.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to GIS, the possibility of using GIS in urban engineering, available software and technology.
  • 2. Semester project requirements.
  • 3.–4. Basic principles of GIS.
  • 5.–7. Data Management – data formats, data sources, data preprocessing for analysis.
  • 8.–11. Data analysis – basic analysis tools.
  • 12. Presentation of results of analyzes – map creation.
  • 13. Presenting the results of semester projects.