| source Lund University (X) |
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department GIS: Geographical Information Systems (X) |
In order to give the students a solid base working with GIS the course focuses on computer skills, cartography and spatial thinking. The theoretical lectures and practical exercises cover classical cartographic concepts as well as modern concepts of digital GIS. The course emphasis an integrative and interdisciplinary approach to spatial decision-making and problem solving, and gives an introduction to GIS in natural and social sciences as well as in humanities. The student will learn about different spatial data structures, data capture, analysis and map making.
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The course emphasises practical methodologies in GIS, and the focus is on data structuring and processing. Theories in geodesy and cartography are explained and exemplified in GIS. Data stored in different formats are studied and restructured for the construction of standardised data-bases. Advanced handling of attribute data is included, as well as processing of geographical data, such as edge matching, rubber sheeting and design of topology. The students are also introduced to conceptual modelling of geographical data-bases.
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The course will cover data-base construction involving on-screen digitising, tabular data import and linking, as well as advanced data-base management. Data quality issues, e.g. sources of errors, error propagation and data harmonisation will be emphasised in this course. The student will also get deeper understanding and practical skills of handling different projections and coordinate systems. Finally the course has several components treating advanced analysis methods, e.g. interpolation, network and raster data analysis.
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The course emphasizes the potential of data capture to a GIS from remotely sensed images that may be used as an interdisciplinary approach to spatial decision-making and problem solving. Theoretical lectures give the theoretical background of electromagnetic radiation, pre-processing and classification techniques. Parallel to the theoretical lectures, the students work practically with exercises that penetrate all the necessary steps of processing RS data to classify land use/ land cover from digital satellite data and aerial photographs.
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The lectures describe the theory behind relational databases (SQL, normal forms, etc.), object-oriented databases (object classes, inheritance, etc.) and storage of geographical data in databases. Furthermore, the course contains practical issues regarding storing geographical data in files versus storing data in databases. The course includes a major project where the student will model and create a geographical database.
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Every society has a need for co-ordinating the use of land. Physical plans are political documents giving overall directives for current and future land use. Public authorities use these plans together with other information in their daily decisions to either give or refuse permissions to proposed activities. This course will focus on the use of GIS in the process of establishing physical plans, and the public authorities use of GIS as a Decision Support System (DSS). The GIS as an analytical tool, as well as a tool for visualization, will also be discussed.
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The course gives thorough theoretical and practical knowledge about the most common spatial algorithms in GIS. The theory concentrates mainly about spatial concepts and algorithms (both vector and raster). In the practical part of the course, the student implements some well-known algorithms using a standard programming language.
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The aim of the course is to give the student knowledge about biodiversity aspects in society as well as the methodology used to survey, preserve and create favourable conditions for biodiversity in various ecosystems on local, regional and global scale using GIS. Lectures are given on the major theories and the principal methodologies used within the biodiversity field and the area of GIS. Practical exercises where the most common methods to estimate biodiversity using existing data and GIS are included.
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The course emphasises an integrative and interdisciplinary approach to spatial decision-making and problem solving and discuss GIS in natural and social sciences, as well as in humanities. Theoretical lectures and practical exercises will cover the needs of environmental planning, environmental data sources and their availability, the importance of data quality environmental analysis and process modelling in a GIS environment, static spatial analysis and dynamic spatial modelling.
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This Internet based course deals with the use of geostatistics within geographical information systems (GIS). The course consists of sections covering for example descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, linear - and multiple regression, trend analysis, spatial analysis, hypothesis testing and error propagation.
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This course raises the question of what sorts of problems are connected to the implementation of GIS in an organisation and how to solve these. Laws, ethics and availability of geographical data are also discussed. The course treats staff and data as well as technical problems. Cost/benefit-analysis is also an important aspect, but this subject is only briefly covered in the course.
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The lectures describe the most common techniques and standards for distribution of geographical data via the Internet. The exercises concentrate on methods for creating map services on the Internet by use of web GIS software. Some own Internet programming will be required. The course contains a major individual project where the students set up their own map service on the Internet.
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Within a master degree project the student is performing a research study, working independently. The student chooses the subject of the study project together with the supervisor. The study subject can be part of actual research performed at the department, but also of any institute, organization, university or company as long as the subject is within the field of geographical information sciences. The student has to do a limited and well-defined project within the subject. The work should cover laboratory and/or field work as well as literature study. The student has to write an English report as well as to present and defend his/her thesis in a public seminar.
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The lectures will mainly deal with available formats and tools from open source with emphasise GIS for the Internet. In the practical part of the course, the student will create and administer a GIS service with applications from open source. The course will start with a brief introduction to Unix/Linux. By completing the course, the student will: have a basic knowledge about which GIS products are available from open source and have in depths knowledge for some of these regarding how they can be used in respectively organisation have knowledge about different open formats and their importance have in depths knowledge about how free programs, languages and development tools can be used to create a GIS service.
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In preparation of the student for the Masters thesis this course will develop the student s abilities to define and plan the theses work. It will also train the student in assessing and critically evaluate scientific work produced by others. A certain amount of basic scientific theory development will also be treated during the course. Different tools, as Internet search and communication techniques are also a concern of this course.
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Using a Geographical Information System (GIS) this course looks at the natural resources of an area to assist in the regional planning procedure. The student will understand how satellite images can be used for classifying land cover and land use, calculate available fresh water in a region using different sources, use topography to utilize concentration of water into streams of different orders, gain knowledge of the soil and rock material properties, and finally map potential and actual soil erosion.
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This course focuses on how social scientists can use GIS and spatial data in order to examine, explain and plan our surroundings. Data collection, analyses/modelling and quality issues are discussed and applied on local, regional as well as global levels. The course particularly emphasises an integrative and interdisciplinary approach to spatial decision-making and problem solving.
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