Course Details

Geographic Information Systems

Academic Year 2023/24

CE055 course is part of 1 study plan

​ N-P-C-SI (N) / N Summer Semester 1st year

Theory of information. Land information systems.Modeling space relations. Vector and raster data. Digital terrain model. Databasese. Applications.

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Dalibor Bartoněk, CSc.

Institute

Institute of Geodesy

Objective

Understanding of principles of the cartographic interpretation and cartographic work as basic layer GIS. Basic skills with geograaphical information systems.

Knowledge

Students will manage basic theoretical knowledge of geoinformatics/geomatics and digital cartography. They will be introduced with positional and altitudinal bases of geographic information systems. They will achieve detailed knowledge about national digital map works, geoinformatic systéme, spatial databases and about data collection methods for these products.

Syllabus

1. Theory of information
2. Land information systems.
3. Structure and funktion of geographical information systems (GIS)
4. Modelling of space data.
5. Vector presentation of space objects.
6. Rastr prezentation of space objects.
7. Digital terrain model.
8. Databases.
9. Sources of database.
10. Basic analytical and synthetic tasks of GIS.
11. GIS software.
12.-13. GIS applications ArcGIS, Geomedia, web map services.

Prerequisites

Basic knowlegde of information technology. Cartographic terminology.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

2 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

graded course-unit credit

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/272564

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory