548-0064/05 – GIS in Regional Analysis (GISRA)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geoinformatics | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Igor Ivan, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Igor Ivan, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF, HGF | Intended for study types | Master, Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the subject is to give information students about principles of geographical information systems and their application in regional analysis. Students should be able to propose and practically realise basic tasks needed in the frame of regional analysis, to prepare adequate outputs and to interpret obtain results.
Teaching methods
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Summary
This subject is useful for students using geographic information systems and other GI technologies for regional analyses. Although this subject is focused mainly on socioeconomic activities, a substantial part is also focused on physical geography (mainly environmental issues). The student will learn how to collect available data, process it and display using maps.
Compulsory literature:
Longley, P.A., Goodchild, M., MaguireD.J., Rhind, D.W. (2015): Geographic Information Systems and Science, Wiley, 496p.
Recommended literature:
Smith, M.J.: Statistical Analysis Handbook [online]. Dostupné z: .
Rogerson, P.A. (2019): Statistical Methods for Geography: A Student’s Guide, SAGE Publications Ltd, 432 p.
Awange, J., Kiema, J. (2013): Environmental Geoinformatics. Extreme Hydro-Climatic and Food Security Challenges: Exploiting the Big Data. Springer, Earth and Environmental Science, 635 p.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
No additional requirements are imposed on the student.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1) GIS, application domains, terminology.
2) Data, spatial data, geodata.
3) Features, composition of features and its description. Geometrical description of features.
4) Thematic, temporal, relational, functional and qualitative descriptions of features.
5) Methods of spatial data collection. GNSS, Earth observation.
6) Sources of digital geodata.
7) Input of spatial data. Sources of errors.
8) Spatial data analysis.
9) Specific features of socio-ecomomic data.
10) Geocoding, address matching.
11) Data visualiasion, presentation.
12) Basic cartographical rules.
13) Selected case studies.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction