IM4202 Geographical Information Systems for Infrastructure Planning Syllabus:
IM4202 Geographical Information Systems for Infrastructure Planning Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES:
To Understand and Explain maps and GIS, DBMS, GIS data model, Data input, Data Analysis, GIS output design and presentation.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO MAPS AND GIS
Maps – Definition – Scale – Types of Maps – Elements of Map – Projection – purpose – types – Coordinate Systems: Geographic, Rectangular and Polar – Transformations – types and application – GIS: Introduction – History– Components – Applications of GIS – Popular GIS software – Open source GIS software
UNIT II DBMS AND GIS DATA MODEL
Database Management system – function – types – advantages – Entity Relationship Model – Normalization – GIS Data Model – Introduction- Data Encoding – Vector Data Structure – Raster Data structure – Network Data Structure – Comparison of Vector and Raster Data Structure – ODBC
UNIT III GIS DATA INPUT
Sources for GIS Data – Vector Data Input – Georeferencing – Topology – Topological Relationship – Raster Data Input – Errors in input – Data Editing – Linking Attribute Data – Raster File Formats – Vector File Formats – Raster to Vector and Vector to Raster Conversion – OGC standards
UNIT IV GIS DATA ANALYSIS
Introduction to spatial analysis – Raster Data Spatial Analysis: Local, Neighborhood, Zonal Operations – Vector Operations and Analysis: Topological and Non-topological operations – Network Analysis – DEM – Surface Analysis
UNIT V GIS OUTPUT DESIGN AND PRESENTATION
Introduction – Spatial and non-spatial data presentation – Map layout – Charts, graphs and multimedia output – Elements of spatial data quality – Meta data – introduction to web GIS – Applications in civil Engineering
OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to
CO1 Understand the fundamentals of maps, their characteristics and GIS, its components
CO2 Appreciate various spatial data models and their advantages
CO3 Produce an error free GIS database for civil engineering applications
CO4 Apply various spatial analysis tools for deriving GIS based outcome
CO5 Present the spatial information along with quality assessment for applications
TEXT BOOKS
1. Jonathan Campbell and Michael Shin, Essentials of GeographicInformationSystems,2011, Saylor Foundation, ISBN: 9781453321966
2. Michael N. Demers, Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, 4th Edition, 2009, Wiley, ISBN:978047012