Universität Wien

290219 PS Methods of GIS-based Data Acquisition, Group C (2015S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Continuous assessment of course work

DO wtl von 05.03.2015 bis 07.05.2015, 08.00-10.00 c.t. und FR, 15.05.2015, 08:00-16.00, Ort: Computerkartographie Geographie NIG 1.OG (GIS-Labor)
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Dates can be seen in the pdf-calendar in moodle.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Based on examples participants will learn how the use the often complex tools of geographic information systems by using a desktop GIS (ArcView). Focus is laid on how to prepare existent data for the use in a GIS (e.g. combine geometry and statistical data) and visualize them in a cartographic way.

Assessment and permitted materials

From the second unit there ist at the beginning of each unit a short test .
Participation
Examination at the end of the semester
Term paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

After completion of the course participants should be able to:
- explain about a projection and assign one to a dataset professionally
- spatially reference an image
- create a spatial database and fill it with data
- carry out on their own an in the right way the necessary steps of data collection for a GIS project
- visualize the results cartogaphically.

Examination topics

Alternating lecture and applied work in the GIS laboratory. Gradually a GIS project is built with the associated data sets and finally visualized cartographically

Reading list

Script

Association in the course directory

(B11-4.1)

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