Course Details

Geomatics

Academic Year 2024/25

NEB039 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-GK Summer Semester 1st year

Geoinformatic technology. Quality of information and influence on analysis. Presentation of results. Globalization.

Credits

3 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

doc. RNDr. Aleš Ruda, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Geodesy

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Fundamentals of mapping, cartography, informatics, photogrammetry and remote sensing.

Aims

Understanding of relation among geoinformatic sciences.
Students will manage basic theoretical knowledge of geoinformatics and digital cartography. They will be introduced with positional bases of geographic information systems and methods of collection, saving and processing of different types of geographical data for these systems.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/281893

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Definition of GIS, development,relations.
  • 2. Database – ground of GIS.
  • 3. Information overview and database systems.
  • 4. Software for GIS. Overview current GIS systems.
  • 5. Modern methods of data acquisition for informations systems.
  • 6. Types of geographic data and storage models. Modern methods of works with data.
  • 7. Standards and norms for GIS, their levels. Quality data evaluation.
  • 8. Hardware.
  • 9. Map algebra.
  • 10. Electronic maps in environment of INTERNET/INTRANET.Presentation of cartographic works in 3D and 4D.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Definition of GIS, development,relations.
  • 2. Database – ground of GIS.
  • 3. Information overview and database systems.
  • 4. Software for GIS. Overview current GIS systems.
  • 5. Modern methods of data acquisition for informations systems.
  • 6. Types of geographic data and storage models. Modern methods of works with data.
  • 7. Standards and norms for GIS, their levels. Quality data evaluation.
  • 8. Hardware.
  • 9. Map algebra.