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Course code: IGS10333o13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: Spatial Information Systems I
Major: Geodesy and Cartography
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 6
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Adam Michalski
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Learning outcomes: The student knows the basic concepts of spatial data and their representation in vector and raster model, knows the basics of databases; he is able to list and briefly describe the commonly available digital spatial data resources in Poland, he is able to describe the basic tools for the analysis of spatial data.
Skills: Student knows the basics of the selected GIS software; he can register raster map, he knows how to create a feature class, he can create and manipulate features on the map, he can join attribute data to features on the map, he performs a simple analysis on spatial data.
Social competence: The student is aware of his responsibility for collaborative tasks in a team, knows the scope of application of GIS in socio-economic life;
Competences:
Prerequisites: Information technology
Course content: Spatial data models - vector and raster. Database. SQL. Applications of GIS. Data formats used in GIS (GML et al.). UML class diagram. Standards, the legal basis for GIS. Basic information about spatial data infrastructure. Polish resources of spatial data in digital form. Digital terrain model. Spatial data interpolation methods. Tools for data analysis in the model vector. Tools for data analysis in raster model.
Recommended literature: GIS w geografii fizycznej. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN; Warszawa; P.A. Longley, M.F. Goodchild, D.J. Maguire, D. W. Rhind, 2006, GIS. Teoria i praktyka, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN; L. Litwin, G. Myrda, 2005, Systemy Informacji Geograficznej, Helion; A.Richling, 2006, Geograficzne badania środowiska przyrodniczego, PWN.
Assessment methods: practical course- passing practical and written tests; written exam;
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