| TNK055 | Geographical Information Systems for Transportation
, 6 ECTS credits. /Geografiska informationssystem för trafik och transporter/ |
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Area of Education: Technology Subject area: Communication and Transport Engineering |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): B
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| Aim: The course gives basic theoretical and practical skills in the use of geographical information systems (GIS) with special emphasis on applications for traffic and transportation. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Supplementary courses: Positioning and GIS |
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| Organisation: The course contains lectures and laboratory work. |
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| Course contents: Basic concepts. Common applications for GIS for traffic and transportation. Geographic databases. Hardware and software. Data capture, storing, processing and presentation. GIS cartography. Overlay analysis. Development of simple GIS-applications. |
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| Course literature: Miller H J, Shih-Lung S (2001): Geographic Information Systems for transportation. Oxford University Press. Bernhardsen, T (2002) Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction (3rd edition), Wiley, John & Sons, ISBN: 0471419680 |
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| Written examination Laboratory work |
2 p 2 p |
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Course language is English. Department offering the course: ITN. Director of Studies: Clas Rydergren Examiner: Anders Wellving Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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