Geographic Information Systems

Objectives

a) To dominate the specific vocabulary of Geographic Information Science and Systems
b) To know the main components of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
c) To know the application domain of GIS
d) To understand the basics of Geographic Information
e) To identify application opportunities for GIS
f) To create data structures for analysis of spatial problems
g) To develop spatial analysis methodologies
h) To apply spatial analysis processes using technological platforms

General characterization

Code

01100303

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Rui Pedro de Sousa Pereira Monteiro Julião

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • BURROUGH, P. & MCDONNELL, R. (1998). Principles of Geographical Information Systems (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford Univ Press.
  • JULIÃO, R.P. (2001). Tecnologias de Informação Geográfica e Ciência Regional: Contributos Metodológicos para a Definição de Modelos de Apoio à Decisão em Desenvolvimento Regional. Lisboa: UNL.
  • LONGLEY, P., GOODCHILD, M., MAGUIRE, D.; RHIND, D. (2011). Geographical Information Systems and Science (3rd ed.). New York (EUA): John Wiley & Sons.
  • MATOS, J.L. (2008). Fundamentos de Informação Geográfica (5ª ed.). Lisboa: LIDEL.
  • SUTTON, T.; DASSAU, O.; SUTTON, M. (2009). A Gentle Introduction to GIS. Eastern Cape(ZA): Department of Land Affairs. https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/gentle_gis_introduction/index.html
  • WALTER, Christin (Coord.) (2020). Future Trends in geospatial information management: the five to ten year vision, 3rd. Ed. New York: UN-GGIM.

Teaching method

Teaching is done through expositive and participative classes, including exploitation of texts, presentations, handling technological platforms and group work.

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - conducting a presentation in class (just for knowledge verification)(0%), participation in a work group with report(35%), reading a set of selected texts, whose contents, together with the material of classes (theoretical and practical), shall be assessed through a written test(65%)

Subject matter

LU1. Introduction
LU2. Fundamentals of Geographic Information Science and Systems
2.1. Background and Definitions
2.2. Applications and Users
2.3. Data Models
2.4. Implementation
LU3. Geographic Information Systems Development
3.1. Operational Models
3.2. Data Structuring and Acquisition
3.3. Data Validation and Integration
3.4. Data Exploration
3.5. Data Dissemination
LU4. Project