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| JLJ4030 | Geographic Information Systems (GIS application in Geology) | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Esra HATİPOĞLU TEMİZEL | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach students what geographic information systems are, in which application areas they are used, and especially what their application areas are in geology. For this purpose, it is aimed to teach them to learn a GIS software, digitize and produce smart maps. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | comprehend how important spatial information is for making the right decision | 1,3,8,10 | 1,3, | | LO - 2 : | learn spatial and non-spatial information stystems and will understand interesting areas of GIS | 1,3,8,10 | 1,3, | | LO - 3 : | model real problems by learning the basic components and spatial analysis functions required for GIS | 1,3,8,10 | 1,3, | | LO - 4 : | present data effectively with modern map production approaches | 1,3,8,10 | 1,3, | | LO - 5 : | learn how to model real world problems with GIS by doing application projects | 1,3,8,10 | 1,3, | | 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), LO : 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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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Basic map knowledges, what is a map and scale?, map projections, naming of maps | | | Week 2 | Introduction to geographical information systems, information systems, spatial and non-spatial information systems, what is GIS? | | | Week 3 | Components of GIS, vector and raster data models in GIS, database information and attribute information, data display. | | | Week 4 | Data acquisition techniques in GIS, data acquisition with remote sensing and GPS, digitization of printed maps | | | Week 5 | Spatial analysis and querries, registration and merging operations, generation of digital elevation modelling and TIN data model | | | Week 6 | Grid analysis, statistical analysis | | | Week 7 | Introduction to ArcGIS software, introduction to menu of the software, creation of *. Shape file and introduction of coordinate information | | | Week 8 | Georeferencing in ArcMap, georeferencing a topographic map, digitizing and creating an attribute table of elevation information | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Practice exam in computer laboratory | | | Week 11 | Using 3D and spatial analyst extensions, deriving slope and aspect products from digital topographic maps | | | Week 12 | Digitizing a printed geology map and generating the attribute table | | | Week 13 | Spatial analysis of produced geology, slope and aspect maps, creation of layouts | | | Week 14 | The possibilities of using geographic information systems in geology, municipal applications with GIS, natural disaster management applications with GIS | | | Week 15 | Other usage areas of Geographic Information Systems | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Yomralıoğlu,T.2000; Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri Temel Kavramlar ve Uygulamalar, Seçil Ofset, İstanbul | | | |
| 1 | Bonham-Carter, G.F. 1997; Geographical Information Systems For Geoscientists, Modelling with GIS, Pergamon, USA. | | | 2 | Küpçü, S. 2005; ArcGIS 9 Uygulama Dökümanı, Sinan Ofset Matbaacılık, Ankara | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Ödev | 7 | 1 | 7 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 101 |
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