Spatial Information Systems

General data

Course ID:	1900-6ASIP
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Spatial Information Systems
Name in Polish:	Systemy informacji przestrzennej
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies
Course groups:
Course homepage:	http://hetman.wgsr.uw.edu.pl
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	Basics of cartography, use of computer.
Short description:	Computer Lab. The main aim of exercises is to acquire basic skills of gathering, processing, visualisation and transfer of geographic spatial information. Students obtain knowledge of fundamental models of spatial data and of application of GIS in selected fields of spatial data analysis. Examples of SDI are analysed .The range of software involves selected proprietary and open source software.
Full description:	Computer Lab. The main aim of exercises is to acquire basic skills of gathering, processing, visualisation and transfer of geographic spatial information. Excercises include issues: examples of vector data operations and transformations, database building and its querying, thematic map creation, structure of data in raster model, examples of raster data processing, delimiting of areas that fulfill predefined conditions, WebGIS elements, WMS and WFS servers use, creating grid data model with interpolation, 3D visualisation, analysis of selected elements of SDI, elements of webGIS.  Selected GIS sofware is used (commercial and opensource)
Bibliography:	Hanbooks (selected themes): Gotlib D. Iwaniak A., Olszewski R., GIS. Obszary zastosowań. Wydawnictwo Jezioro P., Kozak J., Wprowadzenie do Systemów Informacji Geograficznej. IGiGP UJ, Kraków 2004. Longley P. A. et al, GIS – teoria i praktyka. Wydawnictwo Nauk. PWN, Warszawa, 2006 Magnuszewski A., GIS w geografii fizycznej, Wyd. Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1999. Urbański J., GIS w badaniach przyrodniczych. Wyd. Uniw. Gdańskiego, 2008. Urbański J., Zrozumieć GIS. Analiza informacji przestrzennej, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN., Warszawa 1997. Werner P., Wprowadzenie do systemów geoinformacyjnych, Warszawa 2004. Widacki W., Wprowadzenie do Systemów Informacji Geograficznej, IG Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków, 1997; Selected proffesional papers.
Learning outcomes:	Computer Lab.. Student should gain: Practical skills of aplications of selected methods of spatial data gathering, analysis and visualisation. Practical skills of use of selected GIS software.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Computer Lab.: Written tests and self work with GIS software, written reports (homework), attendance.

This course is not currently offered.

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