Lecturer:
Anna Spalla
Course name: Geomatica e GIS
Course code: 064048
Degree course: Ingegneria Civile
Disciplinary field of science: ICAR/06
The course relates to:
University credits: CFU 6
Course website: http://geomatica.unipv.it/spalla/
Specific course objectives
This course will introduce students to the fundamental practical and conceptual skills necessary to undertake simple GIS analysis, and the theoretical and practical competency necessary to study GIS at a higher level. It aims to introduce the student to commercially available software, instruct students in the use of this software in applied GIS analysis scenarios and ensures a solid theoretical and conceptual foundation in GIS fundamental methods and analyses.
Course programme
Fundamentals of Geodesy and Cartography
Geographical, Cartesian and Astronomical coordinates.
Map history. Map projections.
Datum transformation methods.
Basic methods, technologies and systems of digital cartography
Introduction to digital Photogrammetry.
Orthophotography and map-substitutes.
Space Photogrammetry
Automated photogrammetric systems
Introduction to remote sensing methods used to produce maps and capture spatial information for solving civil engineering problems
LIDAR
Graphic data processing in cartography
Data capturing in raster format
Data capturing in vector format
Digitisation and vectorisation
Editing and symbolisation
Digital topographic cartography
Raster data processing, data formats, products
3D City Models
Fundamentals of Geographical Information Science
The nature of Geographic Information
Data structures for GIS: vector/raster, topological, digital elevation models: matrix and triangular networks, database models
Terrain Analysis and Visualisation
Use of commercially available software in applied GIS analysis scenarios.
Course entry requirements
Course structure and teaching
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 30
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 30
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Project work (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Suggested reading materials
F. Migliaccio. Sistemi Informativi Territoriali e Cartografia. Maggioli Editore 2007.
A.Spalla. Dispense del corso e manualistica dei prodotti software utilizzati. Laboratorio di Geomatica. DIET. Le dispense e il materiale proiettato durante le lezioni sono scaricabili dal sito http://geomatica.unipv.it/spalla/. .
Testing and exams
A written exam on the whole program.
A final exam on PC to test the knowledge of GIS skills and applications
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