COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4912 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI GÜL

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) use has become increasingly valuable in many fields of engineering from transportation engineering through water resources management since they are very suitable to store, manage, and analyze spatial data. Nowadays all engineering students must learn GIS because they are necessary to help engineers to solve problems related to planning, design and management of major engineering projects. The main objective of the course is to introduce and teach the fundamentals of the GIS to engineering students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to identify the distinction between spatial and non-spatial data
2   Ability to compare coordinate systems and map projections
3   Ability to generate GIS by organizing data in different format
4   Ability to query spatial and non-spatial data via GIS
5   Ability to generate thematic maps and data visualization

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to GIS; Review of Fundamental GIS Concepts; GIS Terminology.
2 GIS Components; Computer Representation of Geographic Information; Raster and Vector Data Model.
3 Introducing the term projects (Determination of work groups and tasks)
4 Spatial and Non-spatial Data; Remote Sensing and Satellite Images
5 Data Storage; Organizing Spatial Data; Tables and Database Formats; Metadata
6 Coordinate Systems
7 Map Projections & Datum Concept
8 Map Development; Data Colleting and Organizing of Data and Maps; Digitizing hardcopy maps
9 GIS Implementation and Database Linkage
10 Topology; Analysis of Spatial Data
11 Data Visualization Techniques; Organizing Layers and Views
12 GIS Software and Applications; Limits and Capabilities of the GIS Programs
13 GIS Project Development; Project Phases (Preparation, Data Gathering, Implementation, and Updating) / Project Presentations
14 GIS Project Management; GIS Users (Users, Developers, Managers); Project Productivity / Project Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
- Yomralıoğlu, T., Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri, Temel Kavramlar ve Uygulamalar, 2000.

Supplementary Book(s):
- Chrisman, N., Exploring Geographic Information Systems. John Wiley and Sons., Inc., 298 p., 1997.
- Bonham-Carter, Graeme F., Geographic Information Systems for Geoscientists: Modeling with GIS. Pergamon/Elsevier Science Publications, 1994.
- De By, R., A., Principles of Geographic Information Systems. ITC Educational Textbook Series, 2000.
- Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective, Stan Aronoff, WDL Publications, Ottawa, Canada, 1989.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation materials (PowerPoint presentations), lecture notes, classroom activities, project assignment, midterm and final exams.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1 and 2 will be assessed and rated using the midterm exam and final exam.
LO 3, 4 and 5 will be assessed and rated using project assignment and the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Course attendance is compulsory. Course policy and rules will be announced at the start of the relevant semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ali GÜL (ali.gul@deu.edu.tr)

Office Hours

will be announced by the lecturer at the start of each semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 1 1 1
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Project Preparation 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.24
LO.35
LO.44
LO.55

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