PA049 Geographical Information Systems II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Milan Drášil, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Rudolf Richter, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: RNDr. Milan Drášil, CSc.
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:50 B003
Prerequisites
The prerequisite for this course is: basic skills in the methodic of development and project management of general information system.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course is focused to analysis, design and development of geographic information systems (GIS), to modeling of corresponding business processes, functions and data. The course describes basic phases of GIS projects and processes of project management with an accent to differences between GIS and general information system. At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain phases of GIS projects; work with information on GIS project methods.
Syllabus
  • The course includes these topics:
  • - GIS – definitions, basic terms, related fields of knowledge, maps in Czech Republic
  • - Phases of GIS projects
  • - Data and data models in GIS
  • - Common processes in GIS
  • - Basic functions in GIS
  • - Data management – methods and strategies
  • - Data quality - quality assurance (QA), quality control (QC)
  • - Data capturing and data update
  • - Data migration
  • - Analytical functions
  • - Output from GIS – generation of thematic maps
  • - GIS standardization - standards of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), EU directive INSPIRE, standards in Czech Republic
Literature
  • Lecture slides, technical manuals of GIS systems
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written exam, oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
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