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Syllabus ( GEO 404 )

   Basic information
Course title: Geographical Data Infrastructure and Data Standards
Course code: GEO 404
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Arif Çağdaş AYDINOĞLU
ECTS credits: 5
GTU credits: 3 ()
Year, Semester: 4, Spring
Level of course: First Cycle (Undergraduate)
Type of course: Elective
Language of instruction: Turkish
Mode of delivery: Face to face
Pre- and co-requisites: Min. DD on HRT307 course
Professional practice: No
Purpose of the course: It is an important requirement to use and share geo-data sets coming from different Geographical Information Systems (GIS) applications at local, national, regional, and global levels. Spatial/Geographic Data Infrastructure and Turkey National GIS concept has been came out because of this need. Thus in this course, it is aimed to determine an integrated data management approach with respect to policy, standard, and technology aspects. That provides geo-data interoperability at different levels on the electronic network.
   Learning outcomes Up

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

  1. Interpret Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) concept and componenets, review data sharing principles,

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Recognize, analyze and solve engineering problems in surveying, planning, GIS and remote sensing fields
    2. COMPETENCE

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Term paper
  2. Apply ISO/TC211 Geographic Information / Geomatics standards, use these in working area.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Recognize, analyze and solve engineering problems in surveying, planning, GIS and remote sensing fields
    2. COMPETENCE
    3. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Term paper
  3. Grasp Turkey National GIS standards, policies, and technologies, build this in working area,

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Recognize, analyze and solve engineering problems in surveying, planning, GIS and remote sensing fields
    2. COMPETENCE
    3. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Term paper
  4. Produce geo-data sets compatible to INSPIRE/TUCBS standards and use in GIS applications.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Recognize, analyze and solve engineering problems in surveying, planning, GIS and remote sensing fields
    2. COMPETENCE
    3. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Term paper
   Contents Up
Week 1: Introduction to Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) concept.
Week 2: SDI concept, components, and hierarchy.
Week 3: SDI building phases.
Week 4: Global/ National/ National/ Local SDI organizations.
Week 5: ISO/TC 211 Geo-information /Geomatics standards and scope.
Week 6: ISO/TC211 model-driven approach and the principles of multiple uses for geo-data.
Week 7: European SDI (INSPIRE) directive and specifications for data themes.
Week 8: Term Project. Midterm Examination.
Week 9: Geo-data management and National GIS actions in Turkey.
Week 10: Geo-data access policies and legal requirements for data sharing.
Week 11: TUCBS institutional coordination structure and capacity building.
Week 12: Turkey National GIS geo-data themes and related metadata principles.
Week 13: Creating open geo-data sets and related metadata compatible to Turkey National GIS geo-data themes.
Week 14: Using open geo-data sets with project presentation.
Week 15*: -
Week 16*: Final examination.
Textbooks and materials: - Ders notları ve slaytları / Course notes and slides.
-Aydinoglu A.Ç., Tın E., Lenk O., Çobanoğlu S., Toksoy A., Güney M., Kara A., Bovkır R., “Avrupa Coğrafi Veri Altyapısı“, INSPIRE Direktifinin Uygulanmasına Yönelik Yatay Sektörde Kapasite Geliştirme için Teknik Destek Projesi – Eğitim Kitabı, ÇŞB Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara, 2017
Recommended readings: - Nebert , D.D., 2009. Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures:The SDI Cookbook Version 3, GSDI.
- Williamson, I., Rajabifard, A., Feeney, M., 2003. Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures From Concept to Reality, Taylor&Francis Inc., 316s.
- Masser, I., 2005. GIS Worlds: spatial data infrastructures. Redlands: ESRI Press.
- INSPIRE web site: http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/.
- CBS Genel Müdürlüğü, TUCBS Standartlarının Geliştirilmesi Projesi Raporları, web: http://www.csb.gov.tr/gm/cbs/index.php?Sayfa=sayfa&Tur=webmenu&Id=10087.
  * Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
Assessment Up
Method of assessment Week number Weight (%)
Mid-terms: 8 30
Other in-term studies: 0
Project: 8-14 30
Homework: 0
Quiz: 0
Final exam: 16 40
  Total weight:
(%)
   Workload Up
Activity Duration (Hours per week) Total number of weeks Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching): 3 14
Own studies outside class: 2 14
Practice, Recitation: 0 0
Homework: 0 0
Term project: 5 6
Term project presentation: 1 1
Quiz: 0 0
Own study for mid-term exam: 6 1
Mid-term: 1 1
Personal studies for final exam: 9 1
Final exam: 2 1
    Total workload:
    Total ECTS credits:
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  * ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25.
(1 ECTS = 25 work hours)
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