Spatial Information Systems

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	222-0412/01
Abbreviation	PISys
Course title	Spatial Information Systems
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Urban Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Martin Ferko, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Information technologies, basic concepts, past and present, space
2. Determination of the position in space.
3. Time. Different concepts of time. Positioning in time.
4. GeoFeatures. Folder description of spatial objects.
5. Data Models. Data modeling. Data structures.
6. Raster data model. Vector data model.
7. Geodata acquisition, primary and derived geo-data, data quality, metadata
8. Global navigation satellite systems, digital elevation models, mobile geoinformation technologies
9. GIS in urban engineering
10. Territorial Plans
11 to 12 Applications and analytical processes
13 to 14 publishing and data presentation

E-learning

LMS Moodle: 222-0412/02 Spatial Information Systems

Literature

SCHUURMANN, N.: GIS: a short introduction. 1st ed. Malden: Blackwell, 2004. xiii, 169 s. Short introductions to geography. .
WISE, S.: GIS fundamentals. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2014. ISBN 978-1-4398-8695-3.
WORBOYS, M., DUCKHAM, M.: GIS: a computing perspective. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, ©2004. 426 s. ISBN 0-415-28375-2.
HARVEY J. M., WENTZ, E.: In: Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 93(3):574-594; Blackwell Publishers, 2003.
TOMIĆ RELJIĆ, D., MIOČIĆ-STOŠIĆ, K., BUTULA, S., ANDLAR, G.: Cartography & Geoinformation. Jun2017, Vol. 16 Issue 27, p26-43. 9p.

Advised literature

TUNKA, M .: Town Planning, Computing and GIS. Urbanism and territorial development. June 2000, 3rd volume. (in czech)
HUISMANN, O., ROLF, A. : ITC educational textbook series,. 4th ed. Vol. 1, Principles of geographic information systems: an introductory textbook. Enschede: The International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), 2009. Accessed February 18, 2016. http://itc.nl/library/papers_2009/general/principlesgis.pdf.

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