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Geographical Information Systems 2
FAST-NEA042Acad. year: 2021/2022
Geographic Information System (GIS), its purpose, function and structure; GIS and CAD relationship; geographic topographic object, homeomorphism, information and database systems, data mining (genetic algorithms, neural networks), fundamentals of graph theory, data models in GIS (raster, vector, matrix data), topology in GIS, digital terrain models, data models in GIS; GIS standardization (metadata, data quality, errors in data), ontology, big data, multi-criteria analysis, map algebra, Web-GIS, spatial analysis, reverse engineering, BIM.
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Ability to create a GIS project in Geomedia Intergraph and Arc/Info Systems.
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2. Theory of information. Information Systems (IS), definitions and types of IS, UML diagrams, ISKN structure, IS in state administration (system of 4 basic registers), GeoInfoStrategie.
3. Database systems. Relational and object data model, relational algebra, SQL language. Spatial data structures, SQL spatial queries, deductive databases.
4. Data mining, methods (cluster analysis, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms).
5. Fundamentals of graph theory. Definitions, basic concepts, structure storage patterns, basic graph algorithms used in GIS (minimal framework, minimum path between two nodes, task of Chinese letterhead, Hamilton path). Planar charts, chart coloring.
6. Topology. History, mathematical and pragmatic approach. Topology according to DIGEST standard.
7. Data models in GIS. Raster, vector, matrix data. Data sources for GIS in the Czech Republic and abroad.
8. Issues of processing large volume data (Big Data).
9. Metadata, data quality, data errors. INSPIRE directive, ontology.
10. Digital terrain models. Definitions, algorithms of creation and optimization, issues of 3D imaging.
11. Map algebra, GIS on-line, web map services, web portals.
12. Spatial analysis. History, Measurement and Classification Functions, focal Functions, Overlay Function, joining Functions.
13. Multi-criteria analysis, methods, applications, reverse engineering, Building Information Modelling (BIM).
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- Programme NPC-GK Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
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