COURSE UNIT TITLE

: USING INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN CITY PLANNING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5089 USING INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN CITY PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUHAMMED AYDOĞAN

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

Comprehending Geographical Information System, City Information System and other
information systems related with spatial data. Teaching and implementing the Geographical Information System, which is one of the essential parts of urban design and city planning process. For this aim, collecting spatial data related with urban area, saving into databases, editing spatial data, creating attribute and spatial queries, using variable statistical tools, crating thematic maps; Creating three dimensioned topography models; creating different analysis maps related with slope (view shield, slope etc.) Creating virtual city models with topography model. Preparing presentation and layouts showing virtual city model.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding Geographical Information System and City Information System concepts, components and related terminology.
2   Understanding components of the GIS and identify the properties make it spatial information system.
3   Managing a Geographical Information System process and using one of the recent GIS software.
4   Managing and editing spatial data which are collected for GIS.
5   Managing and editing spatial data which are collected for GIS
6   Creating three dimensioned topography model, and virtual city model. Combining and managing these models together.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What are the information systems What are the components
2 Introducing GIS software that are used in planning, Features of ArcGIS and Geomedia.
3 What are the new technologies that are related with GIS Concepts of digital base, table, vector, data, and database.
4 What are the new technologies that are related with GIS Concepts of digital base, table, vector, data, and database.
5 Explaining thematic map functions and creating sample applications on case project.
6 Attribute query over data table, sample application of attribute query. Inquiring spatial data with spatial parameters and sample application of spatial data query.
7 Explaining dimensioning and scale commands. Examining taught subjects on sample CBS application.
8 Mid-term / Lab. Application
9 Forming a new digital base maps on a sample field. Forming a spatial database related with base map and urban area.
10 Connecting external databases to CBS system and managing database.
11 Adjusting print properties and page settings of all kinds of analysis and thematic maps and creating presentations.
12 Forming a 3D topographic model.
13 Composing virtual city model, making 3D models of structures by given base and height values.
14 Combining virtual city model and topography model and its administration, ,discussing possible impacts of CBS software on planning process and public administration.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Introduction to Arc Info (ESRI)
Supplementary Books: Learning Geomedia Professional (Intergraph: 2007).
Materials: Geomedia Professional Software. ArcGIS, ArcMAP and ArcScane Software.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course will be held in computer laboratory with GIS software. Conception, definitions and new technologies related GIS will be explained with virtual presentation in computer lab.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term Exam: Getting to know concepts and technology related to Information systems. Testing and evaluating the skill of identifying basic principles and CBS components.
Final Assignment: Evaluating the skills of Identifying software, feeding input, processing and getting output
With presentation of final report: Re-evaluating mastery of concepts taught and testing the skill of software usage by lab applications.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Course will be held in computer laboratory. Conception, definitions and new technologies related GIS will be explained with virtual presentation in computer lab.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

m.aydogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

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Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Practice (Reflection) 10 1 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 9 4 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Midterm 1 2 2
Final Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.611

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