Course Weekly Lecture Plan

Week	Topic
1	Introduction, brief description of the course, map and cartography, definition and concepts, brief history of cartography, cartographic services and application in Turkey
2	Thematic cartography, cartographic projections, coordinate systems, geographic positioning
3	Geodesy, photogrammetry, remote sensing, satellite data aquisition, positioning systems
4	Concept of information, information era, information technologies and geographic information science
5	Spatial and non-spatial information systems, geographic information systems (GIS)
6	Designing and establishing a GIS, GIS functions, GIS components
7	Midterm Exam-1
8	Data models, data quality, data production methods, data management and data bases in GIS
9	Presentation, visualisation, analysis and query of data in GIS,
10	GIS software, hardware, organisations and standards
11	Examples of GIS applications
12	Midterm Exam-2
13	Presentation of term projects and in-class discussions (Seminar-I)
14	Presentation of term projects and in-class discussions (Seminar-II)
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