Course Details

Geographical Information Systems

Academic Year 2024/25

NEA053 course is part of 2 study plans

​ NPC-ARS / ARA Winter Semester 2nd year

​ NPC-ARS / ARP Winter Semester 2nd year

Geographical information system (GIS),its objective, function and structure. relation between GISand CAD. geographic object, information and database systems, modern methods of works with data (genetic algorithm. neural networks), Various forms of data, their relations (homeomorfismus), Basic characteristics of geographical data, topology in GIS. SDI, INSPIRE, Digital terrain model, organization of DTM data in GIS. Standards,"openGIS", spatial analysis of data, current trends in GIS

Credits

3 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Dalibor Bartoněk, CSc.

Institute

Institute of Geodesy

Forms and criteria of assessment

graded course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Fundamental knowledge of information technology.

Aims

Understanding of information systems and databases with connection to spatial identification. Principles of work with ArcGIS and Geomedia Intergraph.
Basis knowledge needed for GIS design.
Ability to create a GIS project in Geomedia Intergraph and Arc/Info Systems.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/282015

Lecture

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, definition, interdisciplinary relationships, geographic object, homeomorphism
  • 2. Information systems: types, methods of design, information systems in public administration
  • 3. Database systems: relational algebra, SQL language, spatial indexes, spatial queries, data mining (cluster analysis, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms)
  • 4. Topology (mathematical, pragmatic - Standard DIGEST)
  • 5. Data models in GIS (vector, raster, matrix)
  • 6. Sources of data in GIS, web mapping services
  • 7. SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure for), the INSPIRE Directive
  • 8. Digital elevation model (raster, vector, TIN)
  • 9. Input data, metadata, data accuracy and quality - standards
  • 10. Map algebra: a model, operators, functions, typical tasks
  • 11. Spatial analysis: history, purpose, types (measurement and classification functions, overlay function in the neighborhood, connecting function)
  • 12. Current trends and developments of GIS

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

I. working in Geomedia Intergraph, fundamental tasks.

  • 1. creating of projekct
  • 2. import raster data
  • 3. import vector data
  • 4. import of coordinates

II. working in ArcGIS, fundamental tasks.

  • 5. deal with project
  • 6. deal with project
  • 7. deal with project
  • 8. watershead analysis
  • 9. Image classification
  • 10. distance analysis
  • 11. distance analysis - finishing
  • 12. working with database tables
  • 13. final project