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Terminated in academic year 2012/2013

Introduction to Geoinformation Technologies

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 548-0061/04
Abbreviation UGIT
Course title Introduction to Geoinformation Technologies
Credits 5
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

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.