GGH4801 - Geographical Information Systems

Purpose: Nature of GIS (definitions, geographical concepts, functional elements, components); GIS data structures (raster and vector); GIS data acquisition (data sets, quality); Preprocessing (format conversion, data reduction and generalization, error detection and editing, merging, edge matching, rectification and registration, interpolation, photo interpretation); GIS data management (basic principles, efficiency, conventional database management systems, spatial database management); GIS data manipulation and analysis (reclassification and aggregation, geometric operations, centroid determination, data structure conversion, spatial operations, measurement, statistical analysis, modelling); Output (types, hardware components); Remote sensing and GIS (historic overview, technology, image processing, interfacing remote sensing and GIS applications); GIS implementation and application (application areas, needs, project management); Cartography for GIS.