COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YBS 8031 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Distance Learning Non-thesis Master's Degree in Management Information Systems

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR VAHAP TECIM

Offered to

Distance Learning Non-thesis Master's Degree in Management Information Systems

Course Objective

It is aimed to be gained skills about data collection in the field, the internet portal implementation and interoperability of spatial phases of the decision-making processes, the integration of spatial information and spatial information to provide the most appropriate use of the on-cycle to gain competence.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1 To understand data types of spatial information system.
2   2 To perform data management in spatial information system.
3   3 To use different analysis and query methods in spatial information system.
4   4 To model spatial information.
5   5 To evaluate projects in terms of methodology, tools and tecnological.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction - Space and spatial data / information subjects
2 What is spatial information system- Meta data usage, sharing and mamagement
3 Map Projection, Coordinates and 3D models
4 Spatial database management system (logic in data relational database management and data normalization)
5 Spatial data representation and organization
6 Analysis of spatial and attribute data
7 Query of spatial and attribute data
8 Midterm exam
9 Visualtization of big digital - spatial data
10 Spatial data presentation sharing and management over internet.
11 Remote Sensing of spatial data I
12 Remote Sensing of spatial data II
13 Project Presentations
14 Project Presentations
15 Project Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Spatial Data Analysis - Theory and Practice (2003) Robert Haining (Printed in: University of Cambridge), ISBN: 0 521 77437 3

Spatial Data Anaylsis - An Introduction for GIS Users (2010) Chistopher D. Lyod (Printed in: Oxford University Press), ISBN: 978 0 19 955432 4

The Geospatial Web- How Geobrowsers, Social Software and the Web 2.0 are Shaping the Network Society (2007) Arno Scharl ve Klaus Tochtermann (Printed in: Spinger), ISBN: 978 1 84628 826 5

Introduction to Remote Sensing (2011) James B. Cambell ve Randolph H. Wynne (Printed in USA) ISBN: 978 1 609918 176 5

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Events are in "Assessment Methods" and "Workload Calculation" section detaily.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + FIN* 0.80
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + RST* 0.80


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

There will be a midterm and a final exam for this course. Additionally, the students have a responsibility for preparing and presenting a project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: cigdem.tarhan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 162

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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