PdF:Ze2RC_GIK5 Geogr. Informative Systems 2 - Course Information

Ze2RC_GIK5 Geographical Informative Systems 2

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Mgr. Hana Pokorná, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Mgr. Hana Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education

Prerequisites

GIS – Geographic Information Systems. The course is for the students studying Wider Teacher Training in Geography. The course focuses in on preparation of the basis for the final thesis and active didactic use of geoinformatics at primary and secondary schools.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography (programme PdF, M-ZS4)

Course objectives

Students are able to work with the GIS use GIS knowledge and GIS applications; interpret and discover the space and air images, use space images as a didaktic material, create animation from the space images; classify the changes of the landscape according to the time resolution of the air images; work with interactive maps published on the web sites

Syllabus

• Introduction to Geoinformatics – theory of GIS, RS, GPS ArcExplorer – free downable application for primary and secondary schools, topographic map of the home town and its neighbourhood Remote sensing – space images, didactic transformation of the images from the satellite LANDSAT Space images – observing up-to-date images from the satellites MATEOSAT and NOAA; to create the animation on the basis of satellite images to classify the cloudiness in Europe. Virtual walk on the Earth – the work with Google Earth Interactive maps published on the web sites The maps of Czech Republic, thematic maps (geology, Nature Protection, NATURA, air pollution etc.), other useful web sites, their didactic use Historical and up-to-date air images – classify the changes of the landscape The work with the Global Positioning System

Literature

• FOLTÝNOVÁ, Darina and Hana SVATOŇOVÁ. GIS And RS Project Teaching/Training. In Geography in Czechia and Slovakia. first. Brno: Masaryk University, 2008, p. 472-476. ISBN 978-80-210-4600-9. info
• Geography and GIS : serving our world. Edited by Nancy Sappington. Redlands, Calif.: ESRI Press, 2003, 120 s. ISBN 1589480783. info
• DAVIS, David E. GIS for everyone : exploring your neighborhood and your world with a geographic information system. 3rd ed. Redlands, Calif.: ESRI Press, 2003, viii, 152. ISBN 1879102919. URL info
• Geoinformatika : sborník tematického okruhu K/GIS. Edited by Martin Balej - Tomáš Oršulák. Vyd. 1. Ústí nad Labem: Česká geografická společnost, 2002, 107 s. ISBN 80-7044-410-X. info
• SVATOŇOVÁ, Hana. GIS a studenti učitelství zeměpisu (The GIS and students of teaching geography). In Geografické aspekty středoevropského prostoru1. Brno: MU Brno, 2001, p. 275-559. Geografie XII. ISBN 80-210-2664-2. info
• TOLLINGEROVÁ, Dana. GIS : geografické informační systémy. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská, 1996, 25 s. : il. ISBN 80-7078-377-X. info

Teaching methods

seminnary in GIS Laboratory, homework

Assessment methods

Tutorial. Thematic work. The course is completed by the credit. To complete this course successfully, it is necessary to elaborate and submit the summary work in time (credit week); Each student is also supposed to work in the GIS Laboratory independently.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hodiny konzultací.

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