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Information systems and technologies for the environment

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 651-3035/01
Abbreviation ITŽP
Course title Information systems and technologies for the environment
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes
Course coordinator Ing. Jiří Fiedor, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction, introduction to computer lab equipment, initial training.
2. Information technology, basic concepts used in information systems - data, information, metadata, information systems. Understand the difference between analog and digital data.
3. The history of computers, the structure of computers, hardware, software. Digital data representation - Units of digital information (bit, byte, ...), representation of numbers, characters, character encoding Czech, digital image representation.
4. Basic structure of information systems, data models, relational databases, SQL, SQL queries.
5. Geoinformation technologies, their use and history, GPS, remote sensing, GIS.
6. Representation of spatial data in GIS - vector and raster data, GIS analysis tools.
7. Mathematical models of spatial phenomena - explanations of concepts physical model, mathematical model, the advantages and disadvantages of mathematical models, the error mathematical models, linking mathematical models with GIS.
8. Analytic tools GIS 1 - Displaying spatial data, the benefits of presenting data and information using thematic maps. Selective operation. Geostatistics. Geometric data operations. Zoning and its properties. Overlay operations. Spatial data connection. Network analysis. Definitions network. Features networks. Dijkstra's algorithm. Network analysis tasks. Analytical tools GIS 3 - Operations with bitmaps. Local, focal, zonal and global analysis. Digital elevation models. TIN Model. Model Grid. Capacity calculations. Visibility analyzes. Hydrologic analysis.
9. Properties map. Map scale. Maps. Topographic maps. Technical maps. Thematic maps. Generalization map. Mapping elements. Principles of creating thematic maps compositions. Cartographic principles for creating maps. The most common errors in thematic maps and their removal.
10. Information systems in public administration - Public Administration Portal, CSO, etc.., Presentation of information systems and their capabilities.
11. Information systems for EIA and IPPC, presentation of information systems and their capabilities.
12. Air Quality Information Systems (ISKO) and integrated register of polluters (IPR), presentation of information systems and their capabilities.
13. Product and waste registers and information systems on waste, presentation of information systems and their capabilities.
14. Information Systems on the status and quality of water in watercourses and waterbodies presentation of information systems and their capabilities. Information Systems for the protection of nature, landscape and forest information systems and demonstrate their capabilities.

Literature

LONGLEY, Paul. Geographic information systems and science. Chichester: Wiley, c2001. ISBN 0-471-89275-0.

Advised literature

LONGLEY, Paul. Geographic information systems and science. Chichester: Wiley, c2001. ISBN 0-471-89275-0.