| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
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| Design Principles of Gis | JJM503 | Elective | Master's degree | 1 | Fall | 8 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Ozan ARSLAN
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Evaluate the advanced information on system analysis and system development for information system design.
2) Explain geographic data models and structures, acquire fundamental relationships between spatial data and digital data and present spatial relationships.
3) Define the basic information on building geographic database and database design methods.
4) Identify the theoretical and practical information on fundamental processings on spatial data on geographic information systems.
5) Discuss the concepts of geographic analysis on spatial data in geographic information systems and modern analysis techniques.
6) Use the main concepts of data exchange and formats in geographic information systems.
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| 3 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | |
| 4 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | |
| 5 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | |
| 6 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Geographic Information Systems
Course Contents
This course provides candidates with profound knowledge on; information system planning:
System analysis and development. System design and implementing. The fundamental concepts of GIS. Data capture methods. Componenets of a GIS. Geographic data structure, data models. Database management system. Building geo-databases. Designing databases.Specifying feature attributes and coverages. Data input methods. GIS software packages. Geographic analysis and query. The design and application of engineering projects with GIS. Presentation and visualisation tools in GIS. Application fields in GIS. GIS in Action. National Data Exchange Format. Feature attribute coding catalogue. New trends in GIS.
Weekly Schedule
1) Information system, system analysis and development, system design2) Geographic information system, cartographic approach and thematic mapping, metadata and standards
3) Spatial data models and structures, spatial data and digital data relationships, attributes
4) Raster data production by digitization of spatial data, geographic variations, data presentation in raster format
5) Geodatabase concept and design of databases: Determining feature layers and attributes
6) Integration of database. Geographic information systems and software packages.
7) Project design and implementation for engineering purposes with geographic information systems
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Semester exam
10) Fundamental processes on spatial data and manipulation
11) Decision support system and uncertainty, uncertainty concept in geographic analysis.
12) Some complex problems and multi-criterion assessment
13) Data exchange and spatial data exchange format and standards
14) Coğrafi bilgi sistemlerinde jeoistatistik analiz kavramı
15) New trends in geographic information systems and its future
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Discussion
3) Demonstration
4) Group Study
5) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
40% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
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Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required