Geographic Information System (GIS) (Geog 496)

Instructor: Dr. M. M. Yagoub

E-mail:  myagoub@uaeu.ac.ae              E-mail:   myagoub@hotmail.com

URL : http://faculty.uaeu.ac.ae/myagoub

URL  :    http://www.angelfire.com/mo/yagoub         

Course description

 

This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of GIS including the history of automated mapping. The course will include a brief introduction to basic cartographic principles including maps scales, coordinate systems and map projections.  An in depth review of the necessary hardware and software elements used in GIS will be made. The course is presented in a lecture/laboratory format. The lecture portion will deal with conceptual issues in GIS database design and development, analysis, and display. The laboratory portion will provide students with hands-on contact with GIS software products such as ArcGIS.

 

Objectives

 

·        To develop an understanding of GIS (hardware, software, data, people, methodology)

·        To expose the students to the applications of GIS in various geographical areas such as physical, environmental, and local planning

 

Course outcomes

 

By the end of the course a student will be able to:

·        Integrate different sources of data for map creation

·        Evaluate the differences between vector and raster structures for data representation

·        Demonstrate proficiency in the use of GIS software to build database, perform spatial analysis, prepare maps, reports, and charts for presentation of results.

·        Apply Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to investigate geographical problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment

 

Final Exam                                 40%

Mid Term Exam                         25%

Quiz                                            15%

Course work (Lab)                     20%

                

                Total                        100%

 

 

 

 

 

TOPICS

 

The topics listed below indicate the general sequence of content areas presented in              the lecture portion of the course. Lab content will be coordinated with the lecture              topics, as possible, to provide reinforcement of the material as well as hand-on use

of software in a supervised environment.

 

Week

Topic

1

 Intro to Automated Geography (Definition; The history of GIS; Components of GIS)

2

 Spatial Analysis: The Foundation of Modern Geography

3

The Map as a Model of Geographic

4

 Data: The Language of Spatial Thinking

5

Cartographic and GIS Data Structures (Relational database management systems)

6

GIS Data Input

7

Data Storage and Editing

8

 Visit to governmental and private departments implementing GIS

9

 Elementary Spatial Analysis

10

Measurements

11

Web-based GIS

12

Mobile Mapping

13

Presentation of GIS projects

 

 

 

Text Book

Longley, P.A., Goodchild, M.F., Maguire D. J, and Rhind D. W., 2004. Geographic Information Systems and Science.  John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., london.

 

Additional References

Longley, P. A., M. F. Goodchild, D. J. Maguire, and D. W. Rihnd, 1999. Geographical Information Systems: Principles, Technical Issues, Management  Issues, and Applications. vol. 2,  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.

Burrough, P. A. and R. A. McDonnell, 1998.  Principles of Geographical Information Systems. Oxford University Press, London.

DeMers, M. N. 2005. Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems. John Wiley & Sons. Inc, New York.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GIS Web Sites

 

http://www.geomatics.org/index.html

New GIS Technologies in Canada

http://www.nmsu.edu/~geoweb/gis/gisrc.htm.

GIS Resources

http://www.gislinx.com

More than 800 GIS sites

http://www.techitexts.com

Books in field of GIS/Remote Sensing

http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture

World Lecture Hall (online lectures)

http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/about/tgis/table1.html

Geographer's Craft project (V. Important)

http://www.utdallas.edu/~briggs/other_gis.html#free

Prof. Ronald Briggs(GIS slides)

http://castafiore.uni-muenster.de/vorlesungen/Geoinformatics

Prof.  U. Streit (Slides about Geoinformatics)    

http://hawk.umes.edu/thedrick/Class.htm

Tracie J. Hedrick (GIS slides)

http://www.geoconnections.org

Guide to Canadian Sites

http://www.geo.uni-bonn.de/members/haack/gisinfo.html

GIS Info Server

http://www.esf.edu/course/phopkins/introgis/

PowerPoint Slides about GIS

http://www.gis-t.org

GIS and Transportation

http://software.geocomm.com/utilities/

GIS Free Utilities from Geo-communities

http://www.hdm.com

 Harvard Digital Mapping

http://www.iupui.edu/~jeswilso/g438/

M. N. DeMers, 1997. Fundamentals of GIS. (HTML)

http://www.iupui.edu/~jeswilso/g439/lectures/

Advance GIS (HTML) Dr. Jeffrey Wilson

http://www.csupomona.edu/~sagarver/GEO442/classsched.htm

M. N. DeMers (PPT)

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~dc9a/classes/classes.html

Exercises about DeMers Book

http://www.innovativegis.com/education/primer/primer.html

On line GIS Material (HTML)

http://ncgia.ncgia.ucsb.edu:80/giscc/cc_outline.html

Curriculum in GI Science, Univ.  Calif. Santa Barbara

http://www.rpmconsulting.com/webstats.html

RPM Information Network

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html

GIS  WWW Resource list

http://www.gisdatadepot.com

A terrabyte of FREE, downloadable GIS Data!

http://www.gita.org

GIS video from GITA ($35)

http://www.geocomm.com

Geo-community-Daily news about GIS

http://www.gisdevelopment.net/regional/middleeast_home.htm

GIS in Asia

http://www.gis.com

GIS network

http://www.freegis.org

Free GIS software

GIS Journals

 

http://www.ulrichs.com

ULRICH global source of periodicals (Journals)

http://www.geoinfosystems.com

GeoInfo Systems magazine site

http://www.aag.org

Annals and Professional Geographer

http://www.geoplace.com

GIS magazines (World, Business, etc)

http://www.ginews.co.uk/

GIS News