JDF 411E - Geographical Informatn Systms

Course Objectives

This lecture aims at to contribute educating engineers, who is well informed about GIS and has the ability of design, and manage projects and share their knowledge for the furtherance of public welfare.

Course Description

This lecture covers basic usage of cartography, geodesy and geography in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The fundamental concepts of GIS such as data, data structure, data models, databases, information, system, system architecture, analyze and presentation of information are main issues considered during the lectures. Furthermore the lectures are enhanced with various applications of information systems in order to highlight GIS and interdisciplinary wide range usage of GIS.