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Introduction to Geoinformation Technologies

Summary

Real world. Views of real world. Real world cognition. Informatics,
geoinformatics, geoinformation technologies, mobile geoinformation
technologies. History, present state and the future of geoinformatics. Data,
information, knowledge. Metadata. Spatial data, geodata. Space. Positioning in
space. Time. Positioning in time. Feature. Components of feature description.
Spatial modeling of the real world. Geodata gathering. Geoinformation
technologies: GIS, RS, GPS, DTM, MGIT, geoweb, lidar.

Literature

Rapant, P.: Geoinformatics and Geoinformation Technologies. VSB-TU of Ostrava, 2010. 500 pp.

Advised literature

1. Huxhold, W. E.: An Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems.
Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, 1991. 337 str.
2. Bernhardsen, T.: Geographic Information Systems. Viak IT and Norwegian
Mapping Authority. Arandal, 1992. 318 str.


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština
Code 548-0061
Abbreviation UGIT
Course title Introduction to Geoinformation Technologies
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Rapant, CSc.