Course content

Geoinformation Manipulation

Code:

32812

Abbreviation:

B24B02

Higher education institution:

Faculty of Geodesy

ECTS credits:

5.0

Load:

30(L) + 30(E)

Issuing teachers:

Associate Professor Ivka Kljajić, PhD

Course contractors:

Associate Professor Ivka Kljajić, PhD (L)

Radan Vujnović (E)

Course description:

The objectives of this course are: - To provide students knowledge about different forms of geoinformation and possibilities of different ways of their input into computer's memory, about reference coordinate systems and transformations between them, - to continue development of knowledge and skills that students have acquired in the course Basics of Geoinformatics and to give wider insight into the issues that will processed more detailed in other courses, - to train students for interpretation and application of different functions to customize and edit geoinformation, for their analyzing and presentation of results, for insight into importance of quality, intellectual property and copyright of geoinformation. Learning outcomes at the level of the programme to which the course contributes</strong> -Understand the role of geodesy, geoinformatics and spatial data in modern world, demonstrate competences in measuring systems, methods and technologies of measurement and spatial data collection. - Demonstrate competences in regulations and administrative framework important for geodesy and geoinformatics, the regulations related to copyright, publishing and exchange of spatial data. - Make plans, maps and related presentations using modern methods and technologies on the basis of measured data and other sources. - Use information technology in solving geodetic and geoinformation tasks. - Recognise problems and tasks in the application of geodetic and geoinformation principles and methods, and select proper procedures for their solution. - 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. Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course - Define reference coordinate systems and implement data transformations between different coordinate systems or to common coordinate system - Define and explain various forms of input of geoinformation into a computer memory and choose most convenient way of geoinformation storage - Interpret and apply different functions for customize and editing geoinformation, and choose method of assigning attributs to geoinformation - Analyze selected geoinformation at various levels and present results in graphical form (map and/or report) - Explain importance of intellectual property and copyright and access to geoinformation - Define concept of data quality Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus) Week 1 Lectures: Course content and organization of teaching. Basic concepts and definitions. Overview of problems and needs of geoinformation users. Steps in geoinformation manipulation. Exercises: Introduction to software for geoinformation manipulation. Week 2 Lectures: Coordinate systems and georeferencing. Continuous georeferencing systems. Discrete georeferencing systems. Exercises: Define and assign (setting) of coordinate system for map projection. Georeferencing raster data. Week 3 Lectures: Entering and storing data. Organization of data storage. Functions for data entry. Importing existing digital data. Exercises: Collection and entry spatial and attribute data. Week 4 Lectures: Editing and adapting data. Functions for correcting and adapting of spatial data. General user functions. Editing and correcting of errors and omissions. Generalization and line smoothing. Exercises: Editing and correcting of spatial data. Week 5 Lectures: Transformations to a common map projection. Transformations to a common coordinate system. Exercises: Simplification and smoothing of line objects. Week 6 Lectures: Customizing of map edges and neighboring areas. Creating topology. Editing attribute data. Exercises: Transformation of data from one coordinate system to another. Transformation of data from different sources in different coordinate systems into a common coordinate system of map projection. Week 7 Lectures: Analysis of geoinformation. Logic operations. General arithmetic operations. General statistical operations. Geometric operations. Exercises: Creating and editing topologies. Week 8 Lectures: Creating reports from attribute data. Searching data from maps. Complex operations with attribute data. Classification and reclassification. Exercises: Editing and correcting of attribute data. Week 9 Lectures: 1st preliminary exam. Exercises: Creating reports from attribute data. Searching data from maps. Creating thematic maps using classification and reclassification. Week 10 Lectures: Integrated processing of geometry and attributes. Overlay. Polygon overlay. Points in polygons. Lines in polygons. Exercises: Analysis of finding shortest path. Week 11 Lectures: Buffer zones. Raster data overlay. Procedures in integrated data analyses. Exercises: Analysis by overlying polygons. Week 12 Lectures: Presentation of geoinformation. Geoinformation access, standardization and copyright. Ownership and copyright. Cost recovery and pricing. Public or private organization of geoinformation. Geoinformation security. Exercises: Creating buffer zones around points, lines and polygons. Week 13 Lectures: Geoinformation quality. Selection criteria. Lineage. Accuracy. Positional accuracy. Attribute data accuracy. Exercises: Presenting results of analyses in the form of maps and reports. Week 14 Lectures: Logical consistency. Completeness. Timeliness of data. Accessibility. Probable sources of error. Exercises: Research of free access to geoinformation, respect of copyrights and rights to their use. Week 15 Lectures: 2nd preliminary exam. Exercises: Project submitions. Screening student work - Class attendance - 0.8 ECTS - Tests - 1.2 ECTS - Oral exam - 1 ECTS - Written exam - 1 ECTS - Project - 1 ECTS

Mandatory literature:

1. Lapaine, M.: Rukovanje geoinformacijama, interna skripta, Geodetski fakultet, Zagreb 2006.

2. Bilješke s predavanja i vježbi.

3. Materijali objavljeni na e-učenju.

Recommended literature:

4. Bernhardsen, T.: Geographic Information Systems, An Introduction, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1999.

5. Jones, Ch.: Geographical Information Systems and Computer Cartography, Prentice Hall, Harlow, England, 1997.

6. Longley, P. A., Goodchild, M. F., Maguire, D. J., Rhind, D. W.: Geographic Information Systems and Science, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2010.

7. Lapaine, M. (ur.): Elementi kvalitete prostornih podataka, urednici izvornika Elements of Spatial Data Quality S. C. Guptill i J. L. Morrison; preveli D. Tutić i M. Lapaine; Državna geodetska uprava RH, Zagreb, 2001.

8. Maguire, D. J., Goodchild, M. F., Rhind, D.: Geographical Information Systems, Vol. 1 and 2, Longman Scientific & Technical, New York, 1991.

Course in study programme:

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

* the course is not taught in that semester

Legend

E - Exercises

L - Lectures