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
YBS 2014 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Management Information Systems

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÇIĞDEM TARHAN

Offered to

Management Information Systems

Course Objective

To provide students with competence in e-cycle of spatial information, which provides spatial interoperability, integration and optimal use of spatial information in the stages of data collection in the field, application on the internet portal and decision-making processes.

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 I
8 Integrated Analysis of Spatial and Attribute Data II
9 Query of Spatial and Attribute Data I
10 Query of Spatial and Attribute Data II
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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Activities are given in detail in the Evaluation Methods and Workload Calculation section.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The rules applied at the university is valid.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cigdem.tarhan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will 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
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 86

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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