Geoinformation Technologies

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	548-0058/02
Abbreviation	GIT
Course title	Geoinformation Technologies
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Petr Rapant, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Real World and its presentation. Earth Sciences.
2. Geoinformatics and geoinformation technologies. Definition of basic concepts.
3. History, Present and Future of Geoinformatics.
4. Space. Different concepts of space.
5. Positioning in space.
6. Time. Different concepts of time. Positioning in time.
7. Feature. The components to describe features.
8. Data models. Data modeling. Data structures.
9. Raster data model. The vector data model.
10. Getting geodata. Primary geodata.
11. Derived geodata. The quality of geodata. Metadata.
12. Geographic Information Systems. Remote Sensing.
13. Global navigation satellite systems. Digital terrain models. 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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