Course content

Geoinformation Modelling

Code:

32811

Abbreviation:

B24A05

Higher education institution:

Faculty of Geodesy

ECTS credits:

5.0

Load:

30(L) + 30(E)

Issuing teachers:

Professor Damir Medak, PhD

Course contractors:

Dino Dobrinić, PhD (E)

Associate Professor Mario Miler, PhD (L)

Professor Damir Medak, PhD (L)

Ivan Brkić (E)

Course description:

Students will acquire theoretical background and practical usage of geoinformation modeling according to contemporary international norms and standards Learning outcomes at the level of the programme to which the course contributes <ul><li>Maintain topographic, cartographic, maritime and navigation, and land information systems, integrate and visualise spatial information. <li>Use information technology in solving geodetic and geoinformation tasks. <li>Recognise problems and tasks in the application of geodetic and geoinformation principles and methods, and select proper procedures for their solution. <li>Keep pace with and adopt new technological achievements in the field of surveying, geoinformation systems and services based on the position, and the changes in regulations, norms and standards.</ul> Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course <ul><li>Enumerate parts and functions of a geoinformation system, <li>Recognize the need for modeling of geospatial information in contemporary GIS applications, <li>Create a conceptual model of a geoinformation system using ER and UML notation, <li>Explain geospatial data indexing methods, <li>Differentiate metric and topological operations on geospatial data, <li>Apply the operations of raster algebra for solving interdisciplinary tasks, <li>Analyze benefits and drawbacks of topological model, <li>Describe the universe of discourse using geospatial models, <li>Describe the purpose of normizations of geoinformation, enumerate normization iniciatives, <li>Apply appropriate norms and standards in modeling of geoinformation</ul> Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus) <ul><li>Introduction to the course. Motivation for geoinformation modeling. <li>Survey experiment: "where am I now?". <li>Concepts: geographic, spatial, geospatial. <li>Ontology, modeling, geoinformation. geoinformation systems. <li>Partitions of space. Fields. Raster model. <li>Attribute types: nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio, cyclic. <li>Raster operations: local, focal and zonal. <li>Spatial access methods. Tree structures. R-tree. Geohash. <li>Geospatial objects. Point, Polyline Polygon. <li>Normization of geoinformation. OGC standards, ISO 19xxx set of norms. <li>UML diagrams. Class diagram. Application of UML in normization. <li>Object orientation in geoinformation modeling. Hierarchies. Generalization. Composition. <li>TIN. Voronoi diagrams. Delaunays triangulation. <li>Network model: nodes and links. <li>3D modeling. CityGMS. Levels of detail. <li>Temporal dimension. Spatio-temporal models. Future of geoinformation model. Technological and social challenges.</ul> Screening student work <ul><li>Tests - 2 ECTS <li>Oral exam - 1 ECTS <li>Written exam - 1 ECTS <li>Project - 1 ECTS</ul>

Mandatory literature:

1. Worboys, M. (2003): GIS - a Computing Perspective

3. Molenaar, M. (1998): An Introduction to the Theory of Spatial Object Modelling for GIS, Taylor & Francis Ltd, London.

4. ISO i Hrvatske norme: niz 19xxx

5. Roić, M. i dr. (2002): Prevođenje katastarskih planova izrađenih u Gauss-Kruegerovoj projekciji u digitalni vektorski oblik, studija, Geodetski fakultet

6. DGU: STOKIS model

9. Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, Rhind (2011): Geographic Information Systems and Science, 3rd Edition, Wiley.

Recommended literature:

2. Bartelme, N. (2002): Geoinformatik

7. Oosterom, P. van (1990): Reactive data structures for Geographical Information Systems, PhD Thesis, TU Delft.

8. Bernard, L., Fitzke, J., Wagner, R. M. (2005): Geodateninfrastruktur, Wichmann, Heidelberg.

Enrollment prerequisites:

Databases (concluded)

Basics of Geoinformatics (passed)

Course in study programme:

Code	Name of study	Level of study	Semester	Required/Elective
71	Geodesy and Geoinformatics	undergraduate	4	required

* the course is not taught in that semester

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E - Exercises

L - Lectures