| Course Unit Code | 616-3035/01 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 5 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | Second Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| JAN42 | doc. Ing. Petr Jančík, Ph.D. |
| BIT02 | RNDr. Jan Bitta, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| The course aims to introduce students to information systems. First, the subject deals with the basic concepts used in the issue of information systems. Subsequently are presented commonly used information systems. Anaesthesia structure of information systems and principles of their functioning. Finally, the presented information systems that serve as a source of data on environmental issues. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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- Student will be able to work with the concepts of data, information, metadata
- Students will know the structure of information systems
- Student will know the principles of operation of information systems
- Student will know the basic facts about geographic information systems
- Student will have an overview of information systems relating to the environment |
| Course Contents |
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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. |
| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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| LONGLEY, Paul. Geographic information systems and science. Chichester: Wiley, c2001. ISBN 0-471-89275-0. |
RUSKO, Miroslav a Jozef HALÁSZ, ed. Environmentálna a bezpečnostná informatika. Žilina: Strix, 2008. ISBN 978-80-89281-19-0
BITTA, Jan. Geoinformační technologie: studijní opora. Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava, Fakulta metalurgie a materiálového inženýrství, Katedra ochrany životního prostředí v průmyslu, 2008. 67 s. Dostupné z WWW:
http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/616/soubory/Bitta_GIT.pdf |
| Recommended Reading: |
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| LONGLEY, Paul. Geographic information systems and science. Chichester: Wiley, c2001. ISBN 0-471-89275-0. |
HOMOLA V.: Databáze - studijní opora [online]. VŠB-TU Ostrava [cit. 2018-05-14]. Dostupné z: http://homel.vsb.cz/~hom50/
HOMOLA V.: Informatika - studijní opora [online]. VŠB-TU Ostrava [cit. 2018-05-14]. Dostupné z: http://homel.vsb.cz/~hom50/
TUČEK, Ján. Geografické informační systémy: principy a praxe. Praha: Computer Press, c1998. ISBN 80-7226-091-X |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Credit and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
| Credit | Credit | 20 | 5 |
| Examination | Examination | 80 (80) | 10 |
| Písemná zkouška | Written examination | 40 | 5 |
| Ústní zkouška | Oral examination | 40 | 5 |