Maps and GISWEB

Recommended Prerequisites

 Students should have basic knowledge in the area of Geographic Information Systems     

Teaching Methods

Lectures and practical classes with exercises and monitoring of individual work.

Learning Outcomes

-- Use properly (fulfilling technical, formal and legal requirements) the cartographic documents and associated concepts;

- Discuss terms and concepts related to GIS, web mapping and web;

- Reflect on interoperability in GIS and web mapping;

- Recognize the importance and convergence of the standard file formats;

- Understand and apply the features and tools of Google Earth;

- Develop and provide web services.   

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Cartography

1.1  Terminological and conceptual framework.

1.2  Legal framework for the use and production of cartography in Portugal.

2. GIS and WEB 1.0.; From Paradox to Paradigm; issues and problems.

3. WEB 2.0.; concepts and functional evolution.

4. Google Earth as an engine of GIS 2nd generation.

5. Web mapping: GIS 2nd generation.

5.1 Issues, concepts and problems.

5.2  GIS Standards (protocols, languages, and data format).

5.3  GIS, WEB and democratic access to geospatial information.

5.4  Applications.

5.5  Practical works / Projects using web mapping.   

Head Lecturer(s)

Joaquim António Saraiva Patriarca

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 50.0%
Exam: 50.0%

Bibliography

 Atkinson, Peter & Martin, David, (2000). GIS and Geocomputation. 1st ed.,

Taylor & Francis, New York, 276p.

Carver, Steve, (2005.  Innovations in GIS 5. Selected Papers from the fith National

Conference on GIS Research UK (GISRUK). Taylor & Francis e- Library, 233p.

Harvy, Francis, (2008). A Primer of Fundamental Geographic and Cartographic

Concepts. The Guilford Press, New York-London, 310p.

Mitchell, Tyler (2005). Web mapping illustrated: using open source toolkits. O’

Reiley media inc., USA, 349 p.

Peterson, Gretchen N. (2009). GIS Cartography; a guide to Effective Map design.

Taylor & Francis, New York, 211 p.

Udell, Sterling, (2009). Beginning Google Maps Mashups with Mapplets, KML and

GeoRSS: from novice to professional. Spinger-Verlag, New York, 416p.

Wernecke, Josie (2008). The KML Handbook: Geographic Visualization for the

Web. 1st edition, Addison-Wesley Professional, 368p.