DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELS: METHODOLOGY, TECHNOLOGIES, APPLICATIONS
| Title | ΨΗΦΙΑΚΑ ΜΟΝΤΕΛΑ ΕΔΑΦΟΥΣ: ΜΕΘΟΔΟΛΟΓΙΑ, ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΕΣ, ΕΦΑΡΜΟΓΕΣ / DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELS: METHODOLOGY, TECHNOLOGIES, APPLICATIONS |
| Code | Β48 |
| Faculty | Engineering |
| School | Rural and Surveying Engineering |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Coordinator | Charalampos Georgiadis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 20002614 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 7 |
| Class ID | 600268044
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600268044
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=6428
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- Α07 ADJUSTMENT OF OBSERVATIONS AND ESTIMATION THEORY
- Β23 ANALYTICAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY
- Β36 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY
Learning Outcomes
Upon succesful completion of the course, students will be able to produce, edit, evaluate, use and manage DTM in a GIS application
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction, Terrain descriptors and Sampling Strategies, Techniques for Acquisition of DTM Source Data, DTM modeling, Interpolation Techniques for Terrain surface modeling, Accuracy of DTM, Visualization, interpretation and Applications of DTM
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
- Βιβλίο
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
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
During the courses students along with theoretical knowledge are taught the use of specialized software for data processing
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 30 | ✓ | |||
| Laboratory Work | 30 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 26 | ✓ | |||
| Project | 15 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 15 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 116 |
Student Assessment
Description
The final project of the students are presented and examined orally using specialized software applications
Student Assessment methods
- Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Summative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELING: Principles and Methodology, Zhilin Li, CRS Press, 2004
Last Update
14-11-2020
