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Terminated in academic year 2013/2014

Introduction to Geoinformatics

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 548-0057/01
Abbreviation ZGIF
Course title Introduction to Geoinformatics
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Michal Kačmařík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

- Real World and its presentation. Earth Sciences.
- Geoinformatics and geoinformation technologies. Definition of basic concepts.
- History, Present and Future of Geoinformatics.
- Space. Different concepts of space.
- Positioning in space.
- Time. Different concepts of time. Positioning in time.
- Feature. The components to describe features.
- Data models. Data modeling. Data structures.
- Raster data model. The vector data model.
- Getting geodata. Primary geodata.
- Derived geodata. The quality of geodata. Metadata.
- Geographic Information Systems. Remote Sensing.
- Global navigation satellite systems. Digital terrain models.
- Digital photogrammetry. Mobile geoinformation technology.

Literature

RAPANT, P. Introduction to Geoinformatics. VSB-TUO, 2014. 152 str.
DE LANGE, N. Geoinformatics in Theory and Practice: An Integrated Approach to Geoinformation Systems, Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing. Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65758-4
CHANG, K. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, 9th edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2018, ISBN-10: 1259929647 .
STATHOPOULOS, N., TSATSARIS, A., KALOGEROPOULAS, K. (eds.). Geoinformatics for Geosciences. Elsevier, 2023. ISBN: 978-0-323-98983-1 , DOI:10.1016/C2021-0-01556-X

Doporučená literatura

COMBER, L., BRUNSDON, C. Geographical Data Science and Spatial Data Analysis: An Introduction in R. SAGE Publications, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526485465
TEUNISSEN, P., MONTENBRUCK, O. Springer Handbook of Global Navigation Satellite Systems. Springer, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-030-73172-4 
ESA Eduspace. 2026. Dostupné z: https://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_EN/
ESRI. ArcGIS Pro quick-start tutorials. 2026. dostupné z: https://doc.esri.com/en/arcgis-pro/latest/get-started/pro-quickstart-tutorials.html