Instructor: Alexandra Gemitzi
Course Code: 15ΒΥ3Ν
Semester: 2nd
Weekly teaching hours: 2 Theory/ 2 practical problem solving with Qgis
ECTS CREDITS: 5
Prerequisites: –
Course offered to Erasmus students: Yes
Course URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/ TMC127/
Learning Outcomes:
- Understanding the geospatial databases
- Data capturing and data protocols within GIS
- Understanding the basic principles of geostatistics
- Familiarization with the layers of information
- Understanding GIS applications in environmental sciences
General Skills:
- Capability of working with spatial data
- Getting the ability of using the open GIS program Quantum (QGIS)
- Capability of spatial analysis of environmental data and thematic mapping
- Capability of performing a multicriteria analysis
Course Content:
- Introduction to GIS: basic principles of digital mapping.
- Types of spatial data: vector and raster format.
- Spatial databases. Working at various scales.
- Scales of data capturing. Generalization.
- Data capturing through maps. Remote sensing data.
- The Global Positioning System (GPS).
- Methods of georeferencing.
- Working with layers of spatial information.
- Topology: geographical objects and their relations. Descriptive properties of spatial objects. Geocoding. Information retrieval: thematic maps, visibility analysis, spatial querying.
- Network analysis: car navigation, travel time analysis, routing.
- Mobile GIS: Location Based Services (LBS).
- Custom GIS applicartions: flooding risk, emergency services, real estate applications, environmental protection, commercial and web GIS applications, OpenStreetMap and GoogleEarth databases.
- Multicriteria decision making: raster layer preparation, analysis of variables – case study application.
Suggested Bibliography:
- QGIS and Generic Tools [electronic resource]
- QGIS and Applications in Water and Risks [electronic resource]
- QGIS and Applications in Territorial Planning [electronic resource]
- QGIS and Applications in Agriculture and Forest [electronic resource]
