Course Description
Instructor(s):
Esra ÇETİN KASA (Dr.)
Course Code / Semester: GEOE 3509 / Fall
Level: Undergraduate (Elective Course)
Assessment:
Midterm: % 40
Homework: % 10
Final: % 50
Course Objectives:
- Understand the Geographic Information Systems
- Use at least one GIS software
- Place and digitize data on geographical coordinates such as maps, satellite images and aerial photographs
- Place any coordinate data gathered in the field on the GIS system to visualize and analyze.
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to GIS principles and applications. GIS is a large and diverse field, thus only selected methods will be covered. This course is computer based application lecture, so students must bring their own computers.
Course Syllabus
| I. Week | Introduction to GIS |
| II. Week | Coordinate Reference Systems and Map Projections |
| III. Week | Vector Data and Vector Attribute Data (Theory) |
| IV. Week | Raster Data (Theory) |
| V. Week | Georeferencing |
| VI. Week | Creating Vector Data (point, polyline) |
| VII. Week | Creating Vector Data (polygon), Map Production (symbology, print layout mode) |
| VIII. Week | Interpolation (creating Digital Elevation Model) and how to download DEM files from free available sources |
| IX. Week | Interpolation (IDW, Krigging etc.) |
| X. Week | Midterm Exam |
| XI. Week | Spatial Analyst Tools (hillshade, aspect, viewshed), Symbology exercises (size, color, depth etc. ) |
| XII. Week | Introduction to QGIS |
| XIII. Week | QGIS applications |
| XIV. Week | Earthquake Scenerios with GIS |
Recommended Readings
Lecture Notes
| I. Week | Introduction to GIS | Download |
| II. Week | Coordinate Reference Systems and Map Projections | Download |
| III. Week | Vector Data and Vector Attribute Data (Theory) | Download |
| IV. Week | Raster Data (Theory) | Download |
| V. Week | Georeferencing | Download |
| VI. Week | Creating Vector Data (point, polyline, polygon) | Download |
| VII. Week | Map Production | Download |
| VIII. Week | Midterm Exam | |
| IX. Week | Interpolation (creating Digital Elevation Model) and how to download DEM files from free available sources | Download |
| X. Week | Interpolation (IDW, Krigging etc.) | Download |
| XI. Week | Spatial Analyst Tools (hillshade, aspect, viewshed), Symbology exercises (size, color, depth etc. ) | Download |
| XII. Week | Introduction to QGIS | Download |
| XIII. Week | QGIS applications | Download |
| XIV. Week | Earthquake Scenerios with GIS | Download |