Geographical information systems

Italian titleSistemi informativi territoriali
LanguageEnglish
ECTS6
Course typeSecond Cycle Degree (Master’s Level) – Advanced Course
PeriodAutumn Semester
Scope and formLectures
Course duration13 weeks
Type of assessmentOral and practical examination
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General course objectivesDefine geographic information analysis (or spatial analysis), review GIS spatial manipulation operations, stress out the potential of spatial data, describing and analyzing fields, evaluate the maps as outcomes of processes and putting maps together (map overlay), perform spatial correlation and spatialization.
Learning objectivesManagement of a GIS project: problem identification, spatial models definition, problems solving, data quality analysis, errors management, project assessment, output management (maps and Decision Support Systems).
ContentIntroduction: Geographical Information Systems and related components.
Spatial data, maps, thematic features.
Modelling of spatial data: entities, models, structures, surfaces, networks.
Multidimensional data management (3D and 4D).
Management of attribute data.
Data analysis: measurements, query, classification, buffer, overlay, spatial interpolation.
Data quality, error budgeting and uncertainty.
Management of a GIS project: identification, design, implementation, evaluation.
Course ResourcesLectures notes. Heywood I., Cornelius S., Carver S., An Intoduction to Geographical Information Systems, Longman; Burrough P.A., McDonnell R. A., Principles of Geogtaphical Information Systems, Oxford University Press; O'Sullivan D., Unwin D. J., Geographic Information Analysis, Wiley; Peng Z., Tsou M., Internet GIS, Wiley.
Course lecturer/ DepartmentProf. Giuseppe Salemi /Dipartimento Dei Beni Culturali: Archeologia, Storia Dell'Arte, Del Cinema E Della Musica (Dbc)
Key wordsGIS
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