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GIS in Regional Analysis

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 548-0064/07
Abbreviation GISRA
Course title GIS in Regional Analysis
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Igor Ivan, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1) GIS, application domains, terminology.
2) Data, spatial data, geodata.
3) Features, composition of features and its description. Geometrical description of features.
4) Thematic, temporal, relational, functional and qualitative descriptions of features.
5) Methods of spatial data collection. GNSS, Earth observation.
6) Sources of digital geodata.
7) Input of spatial data. Sources of errors.
8) Spatial data analysis.
9) Specific features of socio-ecomomic data.
10) Geocoding, address matching.
11) Data visualiasion, presentation.
12) Basic cartographical rules.
13) Selected case studies.

Literature

Longley, P.A., Goodchild, M., MaguireD.J., Rhind, D.W. (2015): Geographic Information Systems and Science, Wiley, 496p.

Advised literature

Smith, M.J.: Statistical Analysis Handbook [online]. Dostupné z: <http://www.statsref.com>.
Rogerson, P.A. (2019): Statistical Methods for Geography: A Student’s Guide, SAGE Publications Ltd, 432 p.
Awange, J., Kiema, J. (2013): Environmental Geoinformatics. Extreme Hydro-Climatic and Food Security Challenges: Exploiting the Big Data. Springer, Earth and Environmental Science, 635 p.