Geographical Information Systems

Lecturer:

Veronika Vlčková (gar.), Pavel Hrubeš (gar.)

Tutor:

Veronika Vlčková (gar.), Pavel Hrubeš (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Informatics and Telecommunications

Synopsis:

Theoretical solutions and principles of GIS technology; structure of software and acquaintance with its utilization, co-ordinal projections, methods of localization and identification, processes of application of mathematical statistics methods, ways of vizualization of models of space phenomena, possibilities of prediction, utilization of GIS technology in expert branch, documentation, management, principles of geoinformatical engineering.

Requirements:

information systems, system analysis, basics of surveying, mathematical statistics, geometry¨

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Mastering of routines for application programming tools of GIS technology; ability of projection of space oriented information system to geodatabase, orientation at space modelling and at creation of coverages with space oriented information, orientation at basics of cartography and its utilization in GIS technology.

Study materials:

1.David E. Davis, GIS for Everyone, Exploring with GIS, 1999

2.J. Allison Butler, Designing Geodatabases for Transportation, 2008

3.Thomas M. Lillesand, Ralph W. Kiefer, Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 1994

4.Van Sickle, Jan, Basic GIS coordinates, 2004, Boca Raton: CRC Press

5.Laura Lang, Transportation GIS, 1999

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• DS nav.prez. 11/12 (compulsory course)
• ID nav.prez. 11/12 (compulsory course)
• PL nav.prez. 11/12 (compulsory course)
• DS nav.prez. 12/13 (compulsory course)
• ID nav.prez. 12/13 (compulsory course)
• PL nav.prez. 12/13 (compulsory course)