Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Planning of Geoinformation Technologies Applications

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	548-0063/05
Abbreviation	PAGT
Course title	Planning of Geoinformation Technologies Applications
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Jiří Horák, Dr.

Subject syllabus

1. Information system. Differences in planning between GIS and IS.
2. Information strategy of the enterprise.
3. Project management.
4. Strategic planning of GIS. Project planning of GIS.
5. ROI method – Prepare for the ROI project, Identify business opportunities. Prioritize the business opportunities.
6. ROI method - Construct the GIS programme. Define project control. Specify and cost GIS project.
7. ROI method – Estimate business benefits. Create benefits roadmap. Calculate financial metrics. Build and present a final report.
8. Selection and implementation of GIS according to Korte, Tomlinson, Clark.
9. Recommendation for building GIS. Selection of SW for GIS. Maintenance. External consultant for selection and implementation GIS
10. Financial reasoning of building GIS. Benefits of GIS/GIT, estimation, calculation
11. Costs for GIS/GIT, estimation and calculation
12. Evaluation of the project progress
13. Primary and secondary European law
14. Technical normalization
15. Geoinformation infrastructure, SDI, GeoInfoStrategie, INSPIRE, NIPI.

Literature

Clarke, K.C. (2003). Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River. 340. See Chapter 8, "How to Pick a GIS"
Longley, P.A., Goodchild M.F., Maguire D.J., Rhind D.W.: Geographical Information Systems and Science. Wiley, 2005
Maguire D., Kouyoumjian V., Smith R. (2008): The Business Benefits of GIS. An ROI Approach. ESRI press 2008.
Korte, G. B.: The GIS Book. The Fifth Edition. OnWord Press. Santa Fe, 2001.

Advised literature

Geographic information metadata for spatial data infrastructures. Springer, 2005. ISBN 3-540-24464-6
Harmon, Anderson: The design and implementation of GIS. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2003. ISBN 0-471-20488-9
Huxhold, W. E.: An Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems.
Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, 1991.
Longley P., Graham C.: GIS for Business and service planning. 1995. ISBN 1-899761-07-1
Tomlinson: Thinking about GIS. GIS planning for managers. 2003. ISBN 1-58948-119-4
Huxhold, W. E., Levinsohn, A. G.: Managing Geographic Information System
Projects. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995.

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