COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

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

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

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

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

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes