GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Course Information
TitleΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΑ ΓΕΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΩΝ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ / GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
CodeΒ21
FacultyEngineering
SchoolRural and Surveying Engineering
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorAlexandra Koussoulakou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID20000914

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Agronómōn kai Topográfōn Mīchanikṓn (2025-sīmera)

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Class Information
Academic Year2021 – 2022
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours6
Class ID
600198646
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to: 1. Understand the theory connected to GIS procedures and implementation. 2. Use specialized GIS software packages. 3. Implement their knowledge for processing and analysis of geo-data related to a specific project.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
Course Content (Syllabus)
Digital cartographic data base. vector structures, topology of vector data, vector spatial analysis, statistical analysis, spatial statistics, overlays, simple geometric algorithms in a GIS, line and polygon intersections, >uncertainty in GIS, metadata, raster structures, raster spatial analysis, map algebra, regular and irregular tessellations DTM, grid, TIN, 3D- models, quadtrees, octrees, pyramids
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Interactive excersises
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of computer for the lectures' presentation and internet sites access. Use of GIS software for in the labs
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures39✓
Laboratory Work52✓
Tutorial39
Total130
Student Assessment
Description
Written exams Lab oral exams Details on e-topo (http://e-topo.web.auth.gr/index_gr.html?reload)
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
  • Labortatory Assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Longley P., Goodchild M., Maguire D. And Rhind D., 2010, Συστήματα και Επιστήμη Γεωγραφικών Πληροφοριών GIS, Κλειδάριθμος, Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 13894
Additional bibliography for study
1. Αρβανίτης Α., Κουσουλάκου Α., Παπαδοπούλου Μ., 2002, Συστήματα Γεωγραφικών Πληροφοριών, Πανεπιστημιακές Παραδόσεις, ΤΑΤΜ, ΑΠΘ 2. Φωτοτυπίες ή αρχεία σε μορφή PDF των slides κάθε διάλεξης 3. URLs δικτυακών τόπων, στους οποίους οι φοιτητές προαιρετικά μπορούν να ψάξουν βιβλιογραφία, ύλη ή διαλέξεις άλλων πανεπιστημίων πάνω στα ΣΓΠ
Last Update
19-11-2020