Geographical Information Systems

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Tuition is delivered both in T and TP lectures. PL classes take place in IT laboratory. Besides exercises in class, students are meant to undertake a few course works that are carried out individually under the supervision lecturers. Finally, tuition methods also include individual tutorials over office hours for the discussion of specific matters whenever it is needed. Student assessment includes a practical component and a final written exam on theoretical aspects. The practical component consists of individual course works started in lab and concluded by the students on their own time.

Learning Outcomes

1 - To study geoprocessing by using ordinary GIS tools, using a model builder, or by Python scripting. It is expected that by the end of the course students are capable of customizing specific GIS tasks by designing and implementing adequate procedures.

2 - To study the fundamentals on topological networks (their fundamentals, design, and analysis aspects). It is expected that by the end of the course students are capable of designing a specific network - for instance, a multimodal transport network - and are capable of implementing it using adequate informatic tools.

3 - To design and to implement automated processes for spatial analysis.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Geoprocessing

2. Topological networks

3. Spatial analysis

Head Lecturer(s)

Cidália Maria Parreira da Costa Fonte

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 50.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 50.0%

Bibliography

• Longley, P., Goodchild, M., Maguire, D., Rhind, D. (2015): Geographic Information Science and Systems. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Chichester, England.

• Pimpler, E. (2013): Programming ArcGIS 10 With Python Cookbook. Packt Publishing, Birmingham (UK).

• Zandbergen, P. (2013): >>>Python Scripting for ArcGIS. ESRI Press, Redlands (California, USA).

• Worboys, M.; Duckham, M. (2004): GIS, a computing perspective (2nd ed). CRC Press, Boca Raton (Florida, USA).

• Wise, S. (2002): GIS Basics. CRC Press, Boca Raton (Florida, USA).