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Geographical Information Systems and Science

Objectives

This Curricular unit focus on introducing the Geographic Information science gield. It established the key compoments of the discipline and particularly stresses the realationship between technology, data, methods and organizations. Provides a an intriduction to the development and termilology of this discipline and to the great domains of Geographic Information Systems aplications.
The main objectives of this curricular unit are:
 - Provide a wide descrption of the scope and nature of Geographic Information Science.
 - Define the nature of Geographic Information Systems and the key compoments of the study area of Geogrpahic Information Systems and Science
 - Establish the relationships between technology, data, methods and organizations in the use of Geographic Information Systems.
 - Present the main problems associated with the use of Geographic Information Systems
 - Identify the main questions related to the design, creation and working of Goegrpahic Information Systems 

General characterization

Code

200015

Credits

7.5

Responsible teacher

Marco Octávio Trindade Painho

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English

Prerequisites

Not applicable

Bibliography

Longley, PA, MF Goodchild, DJ Maguire, and DW Rhind, 2010, Geographic Information Systems and Science. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 3rd Edition.; Apontamentos disponibilizados na intranet do NOVA IMS. / GIS lectures in ISEGI¿s Intranet.; 0; 0; 0

Teaching method

E-learning component:

  • Synchronous tools - synchronous sessions - Instructor / Class; Video conference - Instructor / Student; self-evaluation; Final exam
  • Assynchronous tools - discussion forum. acess to platform resources.
Contact component:
  • Presentation and discussion of a final project
 

Evaluation method

  • Theoretical paper on a chosen topic (80%) 
  • Final exam (20%)

Subject matter

UNIT 1- DEFINITION OF THE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SCIENCE FIELD 

  1. What is Geographic Information Science? 
  2. The nature of Geographic Information Systems - different visions. 
  3. The main knowledge domaind related to Geographic Information Systems and Science. 
UNIT 2. ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS 
  1. Bried history of GIS
  2. Main advancements in the Geographic Information Science and Technologies 
  3. GIS in Portugal.
UNIT 3- COMPONENTS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE 
  1. Ontology and representation
  2. Computation
  3. Knowledge
  4. Aplications, institutions and society 
  5. Crosscutting research themes: scale and time 
UNIT 4- GEOGRAPHIC SPACE AND PRODUCTION OF GEOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGE 
  1. Cognitive categories as central problems 
  2. Conceptual modelling versus empiric research 
  3. Spatial Knowledge and  human-computer interaction in the context of Geographic Information Systems. 
UNIT 5 - FUNDAMENTALS OF SPATIAL REORESENTATION IN GIS 
  1. The nature and value of geographic inofrmation 
  2. Different perspectives in the representation of goegraphic fenomena 
  3. Data types
  4. Data structures
  5. Spatial relations