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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
YBS 3003	GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5

Offered By

Management Information Systems

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR VAHAP TECIM

Offered to

Economics (Evening)
Economics

Course Objective

The course aims to teach students to transfer spatial into database structures, design spatial database, query and management of spatial databases.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Understanding spatial data types of Spatial Information Systems.
2	Managing data in Spatial Information Systems.
3	Using spatial data analysis and query methods.
4	Modelling spatial data.
5	Evaluating methods, tools and technologies used in projects which contains spatial data critically.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction: Space and Spatial Data / The Concept of Information Infrastructure
2	What is Spatial Information System Metadata Use, Sharing and Management
3	Spatial Positioning: World Coordinate System, Three Dimensional Systems, Map Projections
4	Spatial Database Management System I (Logic in Data Models, Relational Database Management)
5	Spatial Database Management System II (Data Normalization)
6	Presentation and Organization of Spatial Data
7	Integrated Analysis of Spatial and Attribute Data
8	Mid-Term
9	Mid-Term
10	Query of Spatial and Attribute Data
11	Visualization of Multi-Dimensional Digital spatial Data, Web Publishing, Sharing and Management
12	Semantic Internet Technologies, Semantic Interoperability, Ontology, Web Services, Web Mining, Decision-Making, Service based Architecture Concepts
13	Tracing of Spatial Data Standards, Adapting and Proposing New Standards
14	Remote Sensing of Spatial Data

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Textbook: Spatial Data Analysis Theory and Practice (2003) Robert Haining (Printed in: University of Cambridge), ISBN: 0 521 77437 3
Spatial Data Anaylsis An Introduction for GIS Users (2010) Chistopher D. Lyod (Printed in: Oxford University Press), ISBN: 978 0 19 955432 4
Help book: The Geospatial Web- How Geobrowsers, Social Software and the Web 2.0 are Shaping the Network Society (2007) Arno Scharl ve Klaus Tochtermann (Printed in: Spinger), ISBN: 978 1 84628 826 5

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the Assessment Methods and Total Workload sections.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	MTEG	MIDTERM GRADE	MTEG * 1
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students will undergo two exams, one mid-term and one final.

Assessment Criteria

Assessment criteria will be announced later.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The rules applied by the department are valid.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Contact details will be announced later.

Office Hours

Office hours will be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	3	36
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Preparation for midterm exam	1	25	25
Final	1	1	1
Midterm	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	3					3	3		3
LO.2	3			5
LO.3	3		5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.4		4		5
LO.5		4				3	3	3	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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