Course Details
Geographic Information Systems
Academic Year 2023/24
NSA014 course is part of 1 study plan
NPC-SIV Summer Semester 1st year
The Geographic information systems offers many tools for solving the problem of watershed and nature protection. Geographic information systems provide tools and operations capable of simulating the methods and approaches used to solving environmental issues. The concept of teaching is focused on spatial analysis, digital elevation models, application, GIS outputs and major GIS products, especially suitable in water management and by solving soil erosion and flood conservation in the river basin.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
The goal education in GIS system is to provide basic information for students about the principles of data of digital technologies.
Knowledge
Student gains basic knowledge about GIS which offers many tools for solving the problem of watershed and nature protection.
Prerequisites
The basic knowledge of the areas Hydrology, Watershed protection, The basic PC skills.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
3 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
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
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Introduction to GIS, ArcGIS application performance, basic work with ArcGIS applications, WMS connection.
2. Coordinate systems, georeferencing.
3. Basic work with model data. Prepared data. Creation of map outputs (layout).
4. Editing in ArcGIS, creation of new shapefile, working with tools in ArcToolbox, creating text and labeling.
5. Transmission of new data on which students work alone, as they have learned in previous lessons. Basic setup of the project, creation of map outputs (layout).
6. Making DMT in ArcGIS and basic topographical and hydrological modeling.
7.–8. Preparing data in ArcGIS for the calculation in the program DesQ.
9. Preparing the data for the calculation of soil loss.
10. Preparation of input data in ArcGIS for the ATLAS program.
11. Working in the ATLAS program, creation of DME, longitudinal and cross sections of rural roads.
12. Working with the program ATLAS – continued, longitudinal and cross sections of rural roads.
13. Test.