Course detail
Geographic Information Systems
FAST-NEB029Acad. year: 2024/2025
Theory of information. Land information systems. Modeling space relations. Vector and raster data. Digital terrain model. Databasese. Applications.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
2
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Institute of Geodesy (GED)
Entry knowledge
Basic knowlegde of information technology. Cartographic terminology.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Aims
Understanding of principles of the cartographic interpretation and cartographic work as basic layer GIS. Basic skills with geograaphical information systems.
Students will manage basic theoretical knowledge of geoinformatics/geomatics and digital cartography. They will be introduced with positional and altitudinal bases of geographic information systems. They will achieve detailed knowledge about national digital map works, geoinformatic systéme, spatial databases and about data collection methods for these products.
Students will manage basic theoretical knowledge of geoinformatics/geomatics and digital cartography. They will be introduced with positional and altitudinal bases of geographic information systems. They will achieve detailed knowledge about national digital map works, geoinformatic systéme, spatial databases and about data collection methods for these products.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Not applicable.
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NPC-SIE Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Exercise
26 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Graphical environment of ArcCatalog. ArcMap's graphical environment.
2. Visualization. Labeling. Editing tables. Select by atributes.
3. Select by location. Geoprocessing-Buffer, Clip. ModelBuilder.
4. Basic map. Map services.
5. Raster data. Georeferencing. Transformation of the coordinate system. Export data.
6. Import, export JTSK Coordinates. Import, export WGS84 Coordinates. Edit and create vector data.
7. Filedatabase. ISKN Studio. OpenStreetMap (ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap).
8. GIS Data Collection.
9. ArcGIS Online.
10. ESRI Collector. ArcReader. ArcGIS Explorer
11. Import, export CAD data. QGIS.
12. Creation of TIN. 3D Analyst Tools. ArcScene. Google Earth.
13. Credit test.