COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED RASTER MODELLING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GIS 6020 ADVANCED RASTER MODELLING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ATILLA HÜSNÜ ERONAT

Offered to

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Geographical Information Systems (Non-Thesis)

Course Objective

This course focuses on advanced raster modeling to topics related to planning and environmental management. The technical aspects of Raster applications will be explored along with considerations related to database development and spatial analysis. Students will gain hands-on experience with data input through scanners and digitizers, and with Raster analyses using both vector and raster data models. A significant part of the course will involve the development of a GIS database for analysis through group projects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to provide an overview of project planning and management in Raster data
2   to provide an overview of issues and techniques associated with database development and assessment
3   to provide an overview of issues and techniques associated with data exploration and query of spatial and aspatial databases using GIS
4   to review in depth a variety of spatial analytical and raster modelling techniques using GIS
5   to provide an examination of specific case studies to illustrate both theory and practice
6   to provide students with a series of practical exercises to develop technical proficiency in project management,database development and spatial analysis using GIS.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 DEM Surface Generation
2 Vector Contour Generation
3 Creating Hillshade surfaces
4 Creating Slope Surfaces
5 Spatial Querying
6 Geoprocessing
7 Borehole Site planning
8 Processing Plant Site Selection
9 Midterm Exam
10 ArcScene
11 Viewshed Analysis
12 Cost Weighted Distance Analysis
13 Scale titles to account for required acreage forfeit
14 Advanced Symbology

Recomended or Required Reading

References:
GIS Modeling in Raster,Michael N. DeMers,Wiley, 2001,ISBN: 0471319651
Raster Imagery in Geographic Information Systems,Stan Morain, Shirley Lopez Baros,OnWord Press, 1996,ISBN: 1566900972
Data Structures for Raster Graphics,L.R.A. Kessener,CRC, 2001,ISBN: 3540163107

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Exams will be at the times indicated below. Students unable to attend must inform the instructor ahead of time in which case an accomodation will be attempted for verifiable problems. Exercises are expected to be handed
in on the due dates specified below; an occasional delay will be acceptable providing it does not extend beyond the time that exercises are returned to other students (normally one week following the due date). Exercises handed in after that time will be credited, at a maximum, with the lowest score received by a student in the class. Students are expected to attend every class and arrive on time. An occasional missed class is acceptable since work and family conflicts are sometimes unavoidable but beyond one or two is considered excessive and can result in a grade penalty. Each student has the responsibility to access all information presented during a missed
class session from other sources; the faculty instructor is not responsible for ensuring that students have missed materials. All course materials are on the course web site.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

- Fieldwork reports
- Laboratory reports
- Project report
- Oral presentation
- Written examination

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 10 3 30
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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