Course detail

Geographical Information Systems 1

FAST-BEA020Acad. year: 2027/2028

  1. Introduction, definition of GIS, basic concepts. History of GIS, relationship between GIS and other fields. Geographic object, transformation of geographic data.
  2. Information systems (IS). General model and functions of IS, types of IS (Anthony's paradigm).
  3. Information systems in state administration and local government (eGovernment, basic registers), ISKN structure (center, branches, WAN, application database, table types).
  4. BIM technology, BIM concept in the Czech Republic, CDE, BIM - GIS relationship, building identification number, building life cycle.
  5. Database systems: spatial SQL queries, spatial data structures (indexes), R - trees. Data warehouses, deductive databases.
  6. Topology. Definition, mathematical and pragmatic concept of topology. Topology according to the DIGEST standard topological entities, relationships and rules, hierarchy of topological levels (spaghetti, chain of nodes, planar graph, full topology).
  7. Spatial data organization. Basic models of vector and raster representation according to topology, matrix data.
  8. Metadata, standards, data quality (database and user level), data errors in GIS (error typology).
  9. INSPIRE Directive, GeoInfoStrategy.
  10. Digital terrain model (DTM), definition, types of DTM. Raster and vector DTM model. Irregular triangular network (TIN), description, data structure.
  11. Sources of geographic data in the Czech Republic (ČÚZK, ZÚ), web map services (WMS, WFS, WCS).
  12. Map algebra. Model concept, types of variables and functions, types of analyses.
  13. GIS in crisis management.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Dalibor Bartoněk, CSc.

Department

Institute of Geodesy (GED)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

Mathematics, computer science, cartography.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Understanding information systems and databases linked to territorial identification. The ability to create a simple GIS project.

Study aids

BARTONĚK, D.: BEA020 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS I. Electronic textbooks, Brno, 2024 (in Czech).

Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, Rhind. Geographic Information Science and Systems. John Wiley & Sons, 2010, 2015.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-GK Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Dalibor Bartoněk, CSc.

Syllabus

Lectures (after weeks – 1 hour per week)

  • 1. Definition of GIS, history, development, interdisciplinary relationships.
  • 2. Information systems with spatial reference, application in state administration (ISKN, GeoInfoStrategie).
  • 3. Database with spatial reference, spatial SQL, spatial indices.
  • 4. Topology, DIGEST standard.
  • 5. Data models in GIS, raster, vector, matrix data, mobile GIS.
  • 6. Metadata, quolity description, typology of errors in GIS.
  • 7. Digital terrain model (basic information).
  • 8. Data Sources for GIS in the Czech Republic and abroad,
  • 9. GIS on-line, web mapping services, mobile GIS.
  • 10. Map algebra, model conception, type of variables and functions.
  • 11. Basic spatial analysis (overview).
  • 12. GIS in crisis management, applications.
  • 13. Overview and characteristics of current GIS, prospects of further development of GIS.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Dalibor Bartoněk, CSc.

Syllabus

Schedule of exercises

  • 1. ArcCatalog Graphic Environment, ArcMap Graphical Environment.
  • 2. Visualization, Labeling, Editing of Tables, Attribute Queries.
  • 3. Spacial queries, Buffer, Clip, ModelBuilder, Basic map, Map services.
  • 4. Raster data, Georeferencing, Transformation of coordinate system, Data export.
  • 5. Import, Export JTSK Coordinates, Import, Export WGS84 Coordinates, Editing and Creating of Vector Data.
  • 6. Filedatabase, ISKN Studio, OpenStreetMap (ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap), Data GIS Collection.
  • 7. ArcGIS Online, Collector, ArcReader, ArcGIS Explorer.
  • 8. Import, export of CAD data, QGIS.
  • 9. Creating of TIN, 3D Analyst Tools, ArcScene, Google Earth.
  • 10.–13. Final test.