Bi9000 Geographical information systems in botany and zoology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). 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
Mon 1. 3. to Fri 14. 5. Fri 9:00–11:50 online_B4
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.
Learning outcomes
Students 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
  • 1. GIS: what it means, development and application of this system in the world and in the Czech Republic.
  • 2. Philosophy and principles of the GIS technology.
  • 3. GIS = hardware + software + data + people (GISstaff & naturalist). Mutual relation and interaction. And what is more important?
  • 4. GIS and its position in science and in practice. What are the possibilities of meaningful use of GIS in science (with an emphasis on botany, zoology, and landscape creation and protection)?
  • 5. Data in GIS. Form, structure, and organization of GIS data. Fundamental data models (vector, raster).
  • 6. Data for GIS. What would be the optimal situation, what is the real situation, what are the form, structure, quality? And how to obtain GIS data - resources and the current status in the Czech Republic.
  • 7. The basic function of GIS (input, management, analysis, and presentation of data)
  • 8. Analysis of remote sensing images
  • 9. GPS technology
  • 10. Application of GIS in students research
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 6 theoretical lectures and of 6 follow-up exercises 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
Follow-Up Courses
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 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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