INTRODUCTION TO GIS

Anno accademico
2019/2020 Programmi anni precedenti
Titolo corso in inglese
INTRODUCTION TO GIS
Codice insegnamento
PHD132 (AF:324638 AR:174822)
Modalità
In presenza
Crediti formativi universitari
6
Livello laurea
Corso di Dottorato (D.M.45)
Settore scientifico disciplinare
INF/01
Periodo
II Semestre
Anno corso
1
Sede
VENEZIA
The aim of this course is to provide a basic knowledge of tools for modelling geographic information. During the course the students will deal with data entry and conversion, they will practice basic analysis on geographic data and different techniques to show the results on maps. Further they will learn how to filter geographic data to extract the relevant part for more advanced analysis. During practicals the students will use different tools: Google Maps and Google Earth, both freely available, for the first experiences with geographic data visualization and Quantum GIS (QGIS), an open source GIS, for more advanced usage.
After the course, the student will be able to: choose an appropriate model for a specific problem, import data from different sources, query a spatial database, analyze a spatial phenomenon and create a map to describe the results.
Basic Computer Skills
Course introduction, peculiarities of geographic information, geographic data types, an introduction to geographic data entry, Google maps and Google Earth, QGIS, organizing geographic data, map projections, coordinate systems, and datums, storing spatial data, import of spatial data, map customization, relational databases, spatial databases, basic spatial operations, extraction of relevant spatial data, analyzing spatial data, raster spatial data: basic operations, DTM, PostGIS, MobilityDB: a spatio-temporal database
Final project and report
Frontal lessons and practical exercise
orale
Programma definitivo.
Data ultima modifica programma: 06/03/2020