RS4004 GIS Applications Syllabus:
RS4004 GIS Applications Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVE:
To provide exposure to applications of GIS in various application domains through case studies.
UNIT I NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS
Forestry: Resource inventory, Forest fire growth modeling – Land: Land use planning, watershed management studies – Water – Identification of ground water recharge – Resource information system – Wetlands Management, Wildlife habitat analysis – Satellites data availability – Case Studies
UNIT II DISASTER MANAGEMENT & FACILITY MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS
Disaster management: Use of GIS in Risk assessment, mitigation, preparedness, Response and recovery phases of Disaster management – Utilities – Water utility applications – Electric utility Application – Telecommunication: Tower spotting, route optimization for meter reading for utilities – Other utilities – Transportation network – Crowd sourcing methods and Algorithms- Smart city applications.
UNIT III LOCATION BASED SERVICES APPLICATION
Vehicle Tracking: Automatic vehicle location (AVL), Components of AVL: Invehicle Equipment, Various communication channels, Web server, Client – Vehicle tracking alarms used in Vehicle tracking, Fleet management – Vehicle navigation – Emergency call: Address geocoding, Distress call application – IoT based applications.
UNIT IV LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM & WEB GIS APPLICATIONS
Land information system (LIS) – Tax mapping – Mobile mapping – Other LIS applications – Web GIS: Architecture of Web GIS, Map server, Web GIS applications – Bhuvan – NUIS – EPRIS
UNIT V DEMOGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS
Business applications: Sitting Retail Store, Customer Loyalty studies, Market penetration studies – Health application: Disaster Surveillance, Health information system – Crime Mapping: Mapping Crime data, Hot Spot Analysis
OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to
CO1 Apply Geomatics Technology for Management of Natural Resources
CO2 Evaluate use of Geomatics Technology for Disaster Management and Facility Management
CO3 Understand the use of Geomatics in Location Based Services
CO4 Assess the Applications of Land Information in Tax and other domains
CO5 Apply Geomatics for solving Social and Business issues
REFERENCES:
1. Ana Cláudia Teodoro,GIS – An Overview of Applications, Bentham Science publishers,2018.
2. Paul Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J.Maguire, David W.Rhind, Geographic Information Systems and Science, John Wiley and Sons, 2015.
3. Uzair M.Shamsi GIS Tools for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Systems, ASCE Press, 2002.
4. Alan L, MD Melnick, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems for Public Health, Aspen Publishers, first edition, 2002.
5. Amin Hammad, Hassan Karimi, Tele geoinformatics: Location- based Computing and Services, CRC Press, 2007, 1st edition.
6. Allan Brimicombe, GIS Environmental Modeling and Engineering, Taylor & Francis,2nd edition 2010.
7. Van Dijk, M.G. Bos, GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques in Land-And-Water-Management, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 2013.