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Course code: IPN10110o11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: Spatial Information Systems
Major: Land Management
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 20 / 10 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Piotr Grzempowski
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Student has the skill of using the GIS tools in analyses and the aid of space management and planning; applying basic notions GIS, SIS Spatial Information Systems) and LIS (Land Inaformation Systems) in the spatial planning.
Competences: Completion of the course gives the bases to use spatial information systems in spatial planning and management.
Prerequisites: Information technology
Course content: Typology and the fields of GIS (Geographical Information System) usage. GIS data structures. Vector data – operations, edition. Joining spatial and attribute information. Relational databases. Cartographic projections. Making projects with support of GIS tools.
Recommended literature: Geographic Information Systems and Science, Paul A. Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire, David W. Rhind ISBN: 978-0-470-87001-3;
Assessment methods: passing practical tests, written exam.
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