Bi9000 Geographical information systems in botany and zoology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 3 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Hájek (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ondřej Hájek
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Ondřej Hájek
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Fri 9:00–11:50 F01B1/709
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
Course objectives
Expected goal of this course is to bring GIS technology to students of Botany and Zoology. There is no purpose to train another "GIS-staff". Biologists and Ecologists should rather apply the facility of GIS technology in their research. They should have an idea of what GIS technology can bring them, they should make reasoned decisions about what is possible and what is not possible in GIS. They should be able to specify their questions to professional GIS operator, to cooperate with them and to understand how to interpret the results of GIS analysis. Students shouldn't execute GIS analysis or create and manage geodatabases. They should be able to view and query spatial and attribute data elements in ArcGIS (GIS software produces by ESRI).
Syllabus
  • Lectures:
  • 1. GIS: what does it mean? What are the possibilities of meaningful usage of GIS in science (botany and zoology)
  • 2. Data in GIS. Form, structure and organization of GIS data. Fundamental data models (vector, raster)
  • 3. The basic function of GIS (input, management, analysis and presentation of data)
  • 4. Vector analysis
  • 5. Raster analysis
  • 6. Surface analysis
  • 7. GIS data in Czech Republic
  • 8. Thematic cartography, symbology
  • 9. Remote sensing
  • 10. Database, GIS software
  • 11. Global Navigation Satellite System (e.g. GPS)
  • Exercises:
  • 1. Getting to know ArcGIS (ArcCatalog, ArcMap, ArcToolbox)
  • 2. Attribute query, spatial query, selecting features
  • 3. Vector analysis
  • 4. Raster analysis
  • 5. surface analysis
  • 6. Vectorization
  • 7. GIS data in Czech Republic
  • 8. Data visualization, thematic cartography, symbology
  • 9. Semester project
Literature
  • TUČEK, Ján. Geografické informační systémy : principy a praxe. Vyd. 1. Praha: Computer Press, 1998, xiv, 424. ISBN 807226091X. info
Teaching methods
Teaching consists of 1/3 of theoretical lectures and of 2/3 of follow-up exercises using GIS software in the computer classroom.
Assessment methods
Class exercises are finished by semester project, it's executed individually. Lectures are finished by final written multiple choice test, 22 out of 30 questions required.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2003, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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