Ze2RC_GIK4 Geographical Informative Systems 1

Faculty of Education
Spring 2014
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
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)
Study Materials
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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