Course Details
Geographical Information Systems I
Academic Year 2023/24
GE27 course is part of 1 study plan
B-P-C-GK / GI Winter Semester 3rd year
Geographic information system (GIS), history, purpose, function and structure, the relationship of GIS and CAD, geographic (topographic) object, data models in GIS, raster, vector, matrix data,
digital terrain model, data sources for GIS, web map services, map algebra, spatial analysis, GIS systems in present, perspectives for further development of GIS
digital terrain model, data sources for GIS, web map services, map algebra, spatial analysis, GIS systems in present, perspectives for further development of GIS
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
Understanding information systems and databases linked to territorial identification. The ability to create a simple GIS project.
Syllabus
Lectures (after weeks - 1 hour per week)
1 to 2 Definition of GIS, history, development, interdisciplinary relationships.
3 to 4 Data models in GIS, raster, vector, matrix data, mobile GIS.
5 to 6 Digital terrain model (basic information)
7 to 8 Data Sources for GIS in the Czech Republic and abroad, online GIS, web mapping services.
9 to 10 Map algebra, spatial analysis (overview)
11 to 12 Overview and characteristics of current GIS, prospects of further development of GIS
Schedule of exercises
1. Introduction, issues, requirements. Acquisition of field data, the use of GNSS methods
2. Acquisition of field data, the use of GNSS methods - complete
3. Product Overview Arc / Info, work with ArcCatalog
4. Basics ArcGIS
5. Data input to ArcGIS (excel, text file), work with layers, web map services
6. Transformation of raster and vector editing, vectorization
7. Work with GIS databases, creating tables
8. Linking tables, spatial queries in ArcGIS
9. Working with map algebra, calculations
10. Simple spatial analysis (adjacency, overlap)
11. Creating outputs, web mapping services, presentations ArcGlobe
12. Showcase of projects in MISYS and GVIEW application
13. Final test
1 to 2 Definition of GIS, history, development, interdisciplinary relationships.
3 to 4 Data models in GIS, raster, vector, matrix data, mobile GIS.
5 to 6 Digital terrain model (basic information)
7 to 8 Data Sources for GIS in the Czech Republic and abroad, online GIS, web mapping services.
9 to 10 Map algebra, spatial analysis (overview)
11 to 12 Overview and characteristics of current GIS, prospects of further development of GIS
Schedule of exercises
1. Introduction, issues, requirements. Acquisition of field data, the use of GNSS methods
2. Acquisition of field data, the use of GNSS methods - complete
3. Product Overview Arc / Info, work with ArcCatalog
4. Basics ArcGIS
5. Data input to ArcGIS (excel, text file), work with layers, web map services
6. Transformation of raster and vector editing, vectorization
7. Work with GIS databases, creating tables
8. Linking tables, spatial queries in ArcGIS
9. Working with map algebra, calculations
10. Simple spatial analysis (adjacency, overlap)
11. Creating outputs, web mapping services, presentations ArcGlobe
12. Showcase of projects in MISYS and GVIEW application
13. Final test
Prerequisites
Mathematics, computer science, cartography.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
3 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
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
Lecture
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
Lectures (after weeks - 1 hour per week)
1 to 2 Definition of GIS, history, development, interdisciplinary relationships.
3 to 4 Data models in GIS, raster, vector, matrix data, mobile GIS.
5 to 6 Digital terrain model (basic information)
7 to 8 Data Sources for GIS in the Czech Republic and abroad, online GIS, web mapping services.
9 to 10 Map algebra, spatial analysis (overview)
11 to 12 Overview and characteristics of current GIS, prospects of further development of GIS
Schedule of exercises
1. Introduction, issues, requirements. Acquisition of field data, the use of GNSS methods
2. Acquisition of field data, the use of GNSS methods - complete
3. Product Overview Arc / Info, work with ArcCatalog
4. Basics ArcGIS
5. Data input to ArcGIS (excel, text file), work with layers, web map services
6. Transformation of raster and vector editing, vectorization
7. Work with GIS databases, creating tables
8. Linking tables, spatial queries in ArcGIS
9. Working with map algebra, calculations
10. Simple spatial analysis (adjacency, overlap)
11. Creating outputs, web mapping services, presentations ArcGlobe
12. Showcase of projects in MISYS and GVIEW application
13. Final test
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory