Universität Wien

300028 UE Geodata and spatial analysis (2019W)

UE Introduction to GIS (GIS1)

4.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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. 15 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Attention: Compulsory preliminary meeting takes place on Oct. 2nd, 9.15 am during the first lecture.
Attendence to the combined lecture is also compulsory!
Working on the exercises is supported by out tutor each Wed after the course from 2-4 pm.

  • Wednesday 02.10. 09:15 - 10:30 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
  • Wednesday 02.10. 10:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
  • Wednesday 09.10. 10:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
  • Wednesday 16.10. 10:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
  • Wednesday 23.10. 10:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
  • Wednesday 06.11. 10:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
  • Wednesday 13.11. 10:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
  • Wednesday 20.11. 10:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
  • Wednesday 27.11. 10:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
  • Wednesday 11.12. 10:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
  • Wednesday 08.01. 10:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This computer-based laboratory exercises is provided for students of the second part of all branches of study in Biology but also provided in Computer Science, Landscape Planing and Geography.
Content: This computer-based laboratory exercise will develop basic and practical skills of handling spatial data in a specific GIS environment (ESRI ArcGIS 10 and QGIS).
Attendance of the associated lecture is compulsory - theory taught there is the basis for the exercises in the computer-lab!
Main topics will ba:
-Data Acquisition and Integration
-Data generation
-spatial reference systems
-Catography
-Analyses of spatial data
-Data(base) Management

In the lab ten PCs are available, so five participants have to bring their own Laptop to work on. We will work with the package ArcGIS from ESRI (get your student licence from ZID!) and with the FOSS package QGIS, both in their actual versions

Assessment and permitted materials

work on exercises during the course and upload of results (Moodle)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Three out of four exercises have to be positive for completion of the course. Details for each exercise are given in the course.

Examination topics

no exam - continuous exercises during the course

Reading list

wird während des Kurses besprochen

Association in the course directory

MNB W-4

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:21