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67153 Geographical Information Systems. Basic Course
Danish title: Geografiske informationssystemer - grundkursus
Language: Danish Credit points: 5
Type: Open University
Language: Danish

Previous course: C8829
No credit points with: C8829
Recommended semester: 1st - 4th semester
Examination: Evaluation of report(s) (13-scale)
Participant limitation: max. 30

Contact person: Ole Illum Jacobi, Building 501, Tel. +45 4525 5970, email jacobi@lanmai.ilf.dtu.dk, http://www.bbar.dtu.dk/~ilfjac/jacob.html

URL: http://www.bbar.dtu.dk/~ilfjac/67153/67153.html
Department: Department of Planning
Aim: To introduce the basic tools for Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and give the foundation for advanced courses in GIS.
Contents: Digital maps, topographical maps, maps for land registration and the co-ordinate systems UTM and System 34. Databases, relational databases, queries in SQL, explorative analysis of data, measures for spatial continuity, spatial interpolation. Visualisation, geometrical models and GIS data, GIS tools. Network and topology, dynamic segmentation, GIS in traffic planning, geological databases and maps.