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| JLJL5750 | Geographical Infor.Systems in Earth Sciences | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Lab work | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Aykut AKGÜN | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Application of geographical information systems for earth science problems. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | understand importance of spatial data for optimum decision | | | | PO - 2 : | learn spatial and non-spatial information stystems and will understand interesting areas of geographical information systems | | | | PO - 3 : | learn basic elements and functions of spatial analysis of geographical information systems and modeling real issues | | | | PO - 4 : | present data with modern map production approaches | | | | PO - 5 : | learn how modeling real world issues using geographical information systems | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| An overview to information systems. Spatial and non-spatial information systems. Geographical ınformation systems; descriptions and application areas. Data models. Database. Topological data structures and topology concept. Database creation in GIS. Inspection of data quality. Spatial analysis, querries, buffer analysis and other spatial analysis in GIS. Data representation in GIS. GIS-based map production approaches. Software, hardware and system selection in GIS. Application areas in GIS. GIS organizations. |
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| 1 | Bonham-Carter, G.F. 1999; Geographical Information Systems for Geoscientist Modelling with GIS | | | |
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