616-3005/01 – Geoinformation Technology for the Environment (GIT)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Protection in Industry | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Jančík, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Jančík, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2014/2015 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT, FS, FAST, HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- Students will be able to work with the concepts of data, information, metadata, spatial data
- Student will know the types and characteristics of spatial data
- Student will know the structure and analytical tools GIS
- Student will know the principles of operation, structure and use of GPS
- Student will know the basics of remote sensing
- Student will know the principles of modeling spatial phenomena
- Students will be able to use the software for GIS
- Students will be able to perform basic spatial analysis in GIS
- Students will be able to create a map composition according to cartographic principles
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The goal of this subject is to introduce geoinformation technologies to students. The first part of the subject is focused on theoretical background of geoinformatics. Then, the basic principles of functionality and usage possibilities of the global positioning system (GPS), the remote sensing and primarily geographic information systems (GIS) are presented. Then, the subject is focused on map composition creation according to the cartographic rules.
Compulsory literature:
Longley P.A.: Geographic Information Systems and Science. Wiley and Sons Limited, New York, 2001.
Recommended literature:
Longley P.A.: Geographic Information Systems and Science. Wiley and Sons Limited, New York, 2001.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
The student solves a map composition on a given topic.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction. Policy work in the computer lab. Introduction to GIS software.
2. Dates, information, metadata, meta-information. Analog and digital data.
3. Information systems, information systems structure. Geographic Information Systems.
4. Space digital data and spatial information. Vector data and raster data. Their advantages and disadvantages. Properties of spatial data.
5. Geometric component of spatial data. Spatial reference. Topological component of spatial data. Attribute part of spatial data. Time validnost spatial data. Metadata for spatial data. Coordinate systems.
6. Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Principles of functioning GPS. GPS component and their functions. Refining GPS position. Limitations of GPS.
7. Remote Sensing (RS). Electromagnetic waves, its properties and structure. Basic principles of remote sensing. Qualitative indicators data from remote sensing.
8. Fundamentals of photogrammetry. Aerial photography. Orthorectification of aerial photographs. Orthophoto. Laser scanning. Use of remote sensing for environmental protection.
9. Analytic tools GIS 1 - Displaying spatial data, the benefits of presenting data and information using thematic maps. Selective operation. Geostatistics.
10. Analytical tools GIS 2 - Geometric data operations. Zoning and its properties. Overlay operations. Spatial data connection. Network analysis. Definitions network. Features networks. Dijkstra's algorithm. Network analysis tasks.
11th Analytical tools GIS 3 - Operations with bitmaps. Local, focal, zonal and global analysis. Digital elevation models. TIN Model. Model Grid. Capacity calculations. Visibility analyzes. Hydrologic analysis.
12th Properties map. Map scale. Maps. Topographic maps. Technical maps. Thematic maps. Generalization map.
13th mapping elements. Principles of creating thematic maps compositions. Cartographic principles for creating maps. The most common errors in thematic maps and their removal.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction