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

doc. RNDr. Aleš Ruda, Ph.D.

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.

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

doc. RNDr. Aleš Ruda, Ph.D.

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.