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Geographic information systems (GIS)

Course Code:

REAL304

Semester:

G Semester

Course Hours:

2

ECTS:

7,5


Course Tutors

Tsatsaris Andreas

Course Outline

  1. Geographical and Spatial Data and Information, Geoinformatics, Science of Geographical Information:
    1. Basic principles and terminology
    2. Information, data, and spatial reports.
    3. Geospatial information, data sources, technologies, and techniques for their collection.
    4. Organization of Geospatial Information, models, and structures.
    5. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, characteristics, definitions, evolution over time, categories and species, components, function, use.
  2. Conceptual Codification:
    1. Spatial – non-spatial properties, characteristics of spatial entities.
    2. Structure, relationships, and combinations of spatial entities, spatial changes, mechanisms of spatial data organization.
  3. The Geometry of Spatial Information:
    1. Geographical location, representation, dimensions, placement of geographical objects in spatial reference systems.
    2. Vector models, point and distance view, line and surface view, topological relations.
    3. Raster models and their topological relations.
    4. Data entry subsystems, management of geometric information in GSP, transformations.
  4. Geospatial Databases – Models and Structures:
    1. Architecture and structure of a database management systems.
    2. Design and development of spatial databases. Input of descriptive information, connection to external databases, methods of correlation of the data.
  5. Codification – Integration of Spatial Information: Connection and correlations of Geometric – Descriptive Information.
    1. Recognition – correction of errors. Topological integration. Retrieval, information update, spatial queries.
    2. Geographic Information on the Internet (Web-GIS, Internet Mapping).
    3. Specifications, Protocols, Structure, Diffusion, and Interoperability.
    4. National and international geographic data networks.
  6. Principles of Analysis and Design of a GIS:
    1. Terminology
    2. General design
    3. Identification of input elements.
    4. Analysis of financial characteristics
    5. Customization of the organization by a group of users
    6. Detailed system design
    7. Meta-information dictionaries
    8. Problems
  7. Introductory elements of Spatial Analysis.