• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. conduct a research on their own upon a special topic in GIS

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Gain skills to specify, model and solve engineering problems.
   2. Gain technical skills cencerning applications in the disipline by using modern tools, equipments and hardware of Geodetic and Photogrammetric Engineering.
   3. Gain skills to drive multi discipliner teamwork

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Term paper
2. Use GIS software packages, especially in making spatial queries

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and apply advanced concepts of Geodetic and Photogrammetric Engineering
   2. Develop an innovative method, approach, design and/or practice in Geodetic and Photogrammetric Engineering.
   3. Gain skills to drive multi discipliner teamwork

   Method of assessment

   1. Term paper
3. Identify and distinguish operational, strategic and tactical information systems

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Gain skills for project planning and application and also abilities to analyse and interpret the results.
   2. Design and apply practices in a special field of Geodetic and Photogrammetric Engineering, and evaluate the results with scientific methods by using collected data
   3. Gain skills for effective verbal and written communication.
   4. Gain capacity and effectively use computer softwares in a special field of Geodetic and Photogrammetric Engineering

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Seminar/presentation

Contents
Week 1:	Geographical Information System for Local Government Applications
Week 2:	Integration of remote sensing and geographical information system
Week 3:	The use of GIS in Urban information system and urban planning
Week 4:	Mobile GIS: Mobile Geographical Information Systems and Applications
Week 5:	Cadastral Information Systems and TAKBİS Project, Geological and Natural Disaster Management Applications Using Geographical Information Systems
Week 6:	Environmental Information Systems and the use of Geographical Information Systems in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Week 7:	The use of Geographical Information Systems for management and planning in catchment area
Week 8:	Midterm Exam, Operational and strategic information systems
Week 9:	Infrastructure Information Systems and Applications,Natural Gas Infrastructure information systems
Week 10:	The use of Geographical Information Systems in Archaeological and Historical application
Week 11:	Touristic Information Systems
Week 12:	The use of GIS in health field
Week 13:	Geographical Information System in Airport applications and Airport Information Systems
Week 14:	The use of Geographical Information System in Real Estate Assessment. Submission of the project report and make oral presentation.
Week 15*:	.
Week 16*:	Final exam
Textbooks and materials:	Burrough, P.A., 1986, Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Recommended readings:	Yomralıoğlu, T., 2000, Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri: Temel Kavramlar ve Uygulamalar, Trabzon. 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. Worboys, M.F., 1995, GIS: a computing perspective, Taylor & Francis, New York. Longley, P.A., Goodchild, M. and Rhind, D.W., 2001, Geographic Information Systems and Science, John Wiley & Sons, New York. Heywood, I., Cornelius, S. and Carver, S., 1998, An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems, Prentice Hall, New Jersey. Aronoff, S., 1989. Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective, WDL Publications, Ottawa.
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	8	30
Other in-term studies:		0
Project:	14	30
Homework:		0
Quiz:		0
Final exam:	16	40
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	3	14
Own studies outside class:	3	14
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	0	0
Term project:	4	14
Term project presentation:	3	1
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	5	4
Mid-term:	2	1
Personal studies for final exam:	5	4
Final exam:	2	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)