COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GIS APPLICATIONS IN EARTH SCIENCES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEO 4188 GIS APPLICATIONS IN EARTH SCIENCES ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CEM KINCAL

Offered to

Geological Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

Teaching of how to produce digital maps and their attributes

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define the concepts of map, projection and coordinate systems
2   Being able to geo-register maps using geographical coordinates
3   Being able to produce digital map data
4   Being able to querry the digital map data
5   Being able to design new maps and graphs using the results of analysis

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts of map and projection
2 Map coordinate systems
3 Geo-registering of maps
4 Concept of Topology
5 Digitising
6 Obtaining of Digital Elevation and Digital Terrain Models
7 Obtaining data from GoogleEarth
8 Construction of Cross-section
9 Preparation of slope maps
10 Preparation of 3-dimentional diagrams
11 Creating Data Layers
12 Masking of 3D diagrams with data layers
13 Intelligent database formation
14 Querrying and presentation of projects

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Kıncal, C., 2012. Earth Sciences on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Applications in Earth Sciences (in Turkish), Izmir.
Auxiliary references: 1. Yomralıoğlu, T., 2000, on Geographical Information Systems: General Terms and Applications (in Turkish), p.480, Trabzon.
2. MapInfo Corporation. (1995). MapInfo Professional User s Guide, MapInfo Corporation, Troy, NY.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and applications

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1.Midterm (%25)+2.Midterm (%25)+Final (%50)+Resit (%50)

Assessment Criteria

Project / Homework (%50)+Final Exam %50+Make up exam (%50)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail : cem.kincal@deu.edu.tr, Tel : 02323017344

Office Hours

Mondays, 6th and 7nd hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 1 24 24
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Midterm 0 0 0
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 135

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.1424544555
LO.243353544
LO.3434544544
LO.434453544
LO.544534533

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