Geographic Information Systems

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1 Coordinating unit: Teaching unit: Academic year: Degree: ECTS credits: EPSEB - Barcelona School of Building Construction DECA - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN GEOINFORMATION AND GEOMATICS ENGINEERING (Syllabus 2016). (Teaching unit Compulsory) 6 Teaching languages: Spanish Teaching staff Coordinator: Others: Mercedes Sanz Conde Mercedes Sanz Conde Opening hours Timetable: Appears on the website of the school Prior skills Ability to manage any software tool. Be able to manage any kind of cartographic document easily. Teamwork will be highly valued. Requirements Have passed the subjects of Databases and Digital Cartography. Degree competences to which the subject contributes Specific: 4. Design and develope geomatic and topographic projects. 5. (ENG) Determinar, mesurar, avaluar i representar el terreny, objectes tridimensionals, punts i trajectòries. 6. (ENG) Reunir i interpretar informació del terreny i tota aquella relacionada geogràficament i econòmicament amb ell. 7. (ENG) Planificació, projecte, direcció, execució i gestió de processos de mesura, sistemes d'informació, explotació d'imatges, posicionament i navegació; modelització, representació i visualització de la informació territorial en, sota i sobre la superfície terrestre. 8. (ENG) Planificació, projecte, direcció, execució i gestió de processos i productes d'aplicació a l'enginyeria medioambiental, agronòmica, forestal i minera, dins l'àmbit geomàtic. 9. (ENG) Planificació, projecte, direcció, execució i gestió de processos i productes d'aplicació a la societat de l'informació dins l'àmbit geomàtic. 10. (ENG) Planificació, projecte, direcció, execució i gestió de processos i productes d'aplicació en cadastre i registre, ordenació del territori i valoració, dins l'àmbit geomàtic. 11. Knowledge, use and application of the treatment techinques. Analysis of special data. Study of models applied to the engineering and architecture. 12. Design, production and difusion of the basic cartographic; implementation, management and explotation of Geographic Information Systems (SIG). 13. Knowledge about application of the geomatic methods and techniques in the the scope of the different enginneries. Transversal: 1 / 6

2 1. EFFECTIVE USE OF INFORMATI0N RESOURCES - Level 2. Designing and executing a good strategy for advanced searches using specialized information resources, once the various parts of an academic document have been identified and bibliographical references provided. Choosing suitable information based on its relevance and quality. 2. TEAMWORK - Level 1. Working in a team and making positive contributions once the aims and group and individual responsibilities have been defined. Reaching joint decisions on the strategy to be followed. 3. EFFICIENT ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION - Level 3. Communicating clearly and efficiently in oral and written presentations. Adapting to audiences and communication aims by using suitable strategies and means. Teaching methodology Master class Expositive participative class Laboratory Team work Autonomous work Learning objectives of the subject At the end of the course, the student should be able to interpret and perform cartographic documents, understand and apply GIS for spatial data analysis over the territory and its representation. Cartographic issue technical report. Study load Total learning time: 150h Hours large group: 24h 16.00% Hours medium group: 36h 24.00% Self study: 90h 60.00% 2 / 6

3 Content THEME 1:INTRODUCTION TO GIS Learning time: 8h Theory classes: 4h Self study : 4h What is a SIG? - A brief history - Componets of a GIS. Introductory issue to the subject. Past, present, and future of the GIS. THEME 2: THE DATA IN A GIS Learning time: 46h Theory classes: 8h Practical classes: 8h Self study : 30h - Components of geographic information. - Models for geographic information: geographic patterns, representation. - Main sources of spatial data. Related activities: Activity 1 Data versus information. Know the sources of spatial data and their spatial processes. THEME 3: PROCESSES WITH VECTOR DATA IN A SIG. Learning time: 52h Theory classes: 10h Practical classes: 8h Self study : 34h - Queries to Database - Vector analysis with GIS. Related activities: Activity 2 - Know and apply the basic tools of inquiry and analysis of a GIS with vector data. 3 / 6

4 THEME 4: PROCESSES WITH RASTER DATA Learning time: 44h Theory classes: 6h Practical classes: 8h Self study : 30h Spatial Analysis with raster data. Related activities: Activity 3 Know and apply the main analytical tools for raster data. 4 / 6

5 Planning of activities ACTIVITY 1 Hours: 2h Practical classes: 2h Spatial Queries to BB.DD. Support materials: Software ArcGIS Descriptions of the assignments due and their relation to the assessment: Results report of BB.DD. Spatial Queries. ACTIVITY 2 Hours: 6h Practical classes: 6h Using of tools for vector analysis. Using cartographic servers Support materials: Software SIG Descriptions of the assignments due and their relation to the assessment: Results report of tool for vector analysis. Choose the tools suitable for a given vector analysis. ACTIVITY 3 Hours: 6h Practical classes: 6h Analysis raster. Support materials: Software GIS Descriptions of the assignments due and their relation to the assessment: Results report of raster analysis. Choose the tools suitable for a given raster analysis. 5 / 6

6 Qualification system Week 4: theory/practical exam 20% Week 8/9: theory/practical exam 35% Week 15: theory/practical exam 30% Delivery practise 5% Week 20: Reevaluation. Extensions of ArcGIS 5% Regulations for carrying out activities All of them, exams and practices, are required. Bibliography Basic: Bosque Sendra, Joaquín. Sistemas de información geográfica. 2ª ed. Madrid: Rialp, ISBN Aronoff, Stanley. Geographic information systems : a management perspective. Otawa, Canadá: WDL Publications, ISBN Laurini, Robert ; Thompson, Derek. Fundamentals of spatial information systems. Londres: Academic Press, ISBN Moreno Jiménez, Antonio [et al.]. Sistemas y análisis de la información geográfica : manual de autoaprendizaje con ArcGIS. 2ª ed. Madrid: RA-MA, ISBN Others resources: QGIS Computer material ARCGIS Resource 6 / 6