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Contents
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| Week 1: |
An overview of information systems, information, data and system concepts, classification of information systems |
| Week 2: |
Non-spatial information systems (management information systems, decision support systems, etc..), Detailed information about Spatial information systems (environmental information system, Cadastral information system, etc..).
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| Week 3: |
Definition of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) , historical development and importance of GIS in daily life |
| Week 4: |
Main functions of geographical information systems, digital data integration, spatial query, display, spatial analysis, decision making and model analysis, components of GIS (hardware, software, etc.), Homework-1 |
| Week 5: |
Data collection techniques in geographic information systems, geographical data elements, graphic and nongraphic information, maps and spatial relationships |
| Week 6: |
Displaying of Geographical data on computer, data models in GIS , Vector data models (spaghetti and topological data structures) and their displaying on computer, Raster data models and their displaying on computer, comparison of vector and raster data models |
| Week 7: |
Data collection techniques, acquiring of unavailable data (land survey, GPS measurement, remote sensing, etc..), acquiring of available data (map digitizing, numeric data, etc.).
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| Week 8: |
Midterm Exam, Use of different data types in a GIS environment |
| Week 9: |
Examining the quality of data in GIS, error analysis in GIS, position accuracy and precision, accuracy and precision of the attribute information, conceptual accuracy, data quality and error sources
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| Week 10: |
Data management in Geographic information systems , data base concepts, the classical file system, data base systems and their advantages, Errors arise from data base, data base
management systems, data models in data base system(hierarchical data model, network data model and relational data models),The importance of data base design in GIS |
| Week 11: |
Spatial analysis in GIS, Spatial queries, spatial analysis, Network analysis, Digital elevation Models(TIN data model), grid analysis and statistical analysis. |
| Week 12: |
Geographic information system applications, urban and infrastructure information systems, land use and planning-oriented applications, environmental applications, geological applications, forestry and agricultural applications, and commercial applications. Homework-2
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| Week 13: |
Land information systems (LIS), Land information systems components,Classification of LIS, requirements for LIS. |
| Week 14: |
Exercises with examples using Raster-based Idrisi and Arc GIS software packages. |
| Week 15*: |
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| Week 16*: |
Final exam |
| Textbooks and materials: |
Yomralıoğlu, T., 2000, Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri: Temel Kavramlar ve Uygulamalar, Trabzon. |
| Recommended readings: |
Burrough, P.A., 1986, Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Grimshaw, D.J., 1994, Bringing Geographical Information Systems into Business, Longman, London.
Jones, C.B., 1997, Geographical Information Systems and Computer Cartography, Longman, London.
Longley, P.A., Goodchild, M., Maguire, D. and Rhind, D.W., 1999, Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, New York. |
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* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
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