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| ORI5660 | Concepts and Principles of Geographic Information Systems | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Uzay KARAHALİL | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Mehmet MISIR | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to expose the graduate students to the principals of Spatial Data Management concept towards appreciation and use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Digitize paper maps, design a database and input attribute data to the spatial database in Arc/Info software | 5,6,9 | 4, | | PO - 2 : | Manage spatial database (maps and attribute tables), copy, move, erase and organize the feature classes as coverages | 5,6,9 | 3,4, | | PO - 3 : | Reclassify an area into a number of defined categories and conduct a number of queries on maps | 5,6,9 | 3,4,5,6, | | PO - 4 : | Develop and present a case study results to the class using real time exercise of Arc/Info GIS software in front of a class | 5,6,9 | 3,4,5, | | 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 | | |
| Information systems, geographic information systems, general principles, concepts, components and spatial functions of computer based spatial data analysis in decisin-making. Data, information, database management systems, spatial data, vector and raster data models, data quality. The concepts of data input, topology, data storage, data anaysis and data display. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Inroduction to the course | | | Week 2 | Description of GIS and the use of GIS in different areas | | | Week 3 | Introduction to spatial features | | | Week 4 | Data strcuture | | | Week 5 | The importance of topology in GIS | | | Week 6 | Components of GIS | | | Week 7 | Introduction of GIS Software (Arc/GIS) | | | Week 8 | Coordinate, digitazing | | | Week 9 | Exam | | | Week 10 | Mid term exam | | | Week 11 | Gıs functions, data input and dititazing | | | Week 12 | Database design and management | | | Week 13 | Data query | | | Week 14 | Reclassification | | | Week 15 | Assignment | | | Week 16 | Final project | | | |
| 1 | Yomralıoğlu, T., (2000), ?Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri: Temel Kavramlar ve Uygulamalar?, 5.Baskı (2009), s.480, ISBN 975-97369-0-X, İstanbul | | | |
| 1 | Aranoff S., 1989. Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective. Ottawa, Canada. WDL Publications. | | | 2 | ESRI, 1993. Understanding GIS - The ARC/INFO Method. Environmental Systems Research, California, USAArc/Info Manuel, ESRI, USA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Project | 16 | 24/01/2021 | 2 | 50 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 8
13 | 12/11/2020
14/12/2020 | 2
2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 4 | 4 | 16 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Uygulama | 6 | 3 | 18 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 10 | 6 | 60 | | Proje | 10 | 5 | 50 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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