Terminated in academic year 2010/2011

Geoinformation Technologies

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	548-0058/01
Abbreviation	GIT
Course title	Geoinformation Technologies
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Petr Rapant, CSc.

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

Longley, P.A., Goodchild M.F., Maguire D.J., Rhind D.W.: Geographical Information Systems and Science. Wiley, 2005.
Bolstad, P.: GIS Fundamentals: A First Text on Geographic Information Systems, 4th edition, Eider Press; 4th ed., 2012, .
Korte, G.: The GIS Book. OnWord Press; 5th ed., 2000,
El-Rabbany, E.: Introduction to GPS: The Global Positioning System. Artech House, Inc, 2002. 176 pages.

Advised literature

Introduction to GIS Using ArcGIS Desktop 10. University of Maryland Libraries, 2012. 47 p. on-line: http://www.lib.umd.edu/binaries/content/assets/public/gov-info-gis/research-and-instruction/introduction-to-gis-workbook.pdf
ArcGIS for Desktop application and extension tutorials. on-line: http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/main/get-started/arcgis-tutorials.htm
Mohinder S. G., Lawrence R. W., Angus P. A.: Global Positioning Systems, Inertial Navigation, and Integration., John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001, pages 382, Printed
Inside GNSS - Digital Edition address: http://insidegnss.com/digimag

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