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Valid for year : 2010
 
TNK055 Geographical Information Systems for Transportation, 6 ECTS credits.
/Geografiska informationssystem för trafik och transporter/

For:   ITS  

 

Prel. scheduled hours:
Rec. self-study hours: 160

  Area of Education: Technology

Main field of studies: Transportation Systems Engineering

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G1

Aim:
The aim is to give an introduction to geographic information technology as well as deeper knowledge about the GIS as a tool for engineers. After the course the students should
  • be familiar with basic geographic information technology and understand the difference between ordinary and geographic information systems
  • be familiar with the most important application areas for GIS within planning for traffic and transportation
  • understand how GIS-applications are designed and be able to create an application using a GIS-program
  • be able to work independently with computers from written laboratory instructions and developed their skills to present the result in clear and well structured reports


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Admission to master programme

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.
Supplementary courses:
Positioning and GIS
Organisation:
The course contains lectures, projects and laboratory work. The two latter are obligatory.
The course is offered twice during 20101; Vt1 and H1+Ht2.
Course contents:
Basic concepts. Applications for GIS. Geographic databases. Hardware and software. Data capture, storing, processing and presentation. Cartography. GIS analysis. Practical excercises with GIS-softwares. Simple system specification and development. Applications for transportation
Course literature:
  • Heywood, Cornelius, Carver, 2006: An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems. Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0130611980
  • ESRI, 2002: Getting started with ArcGIS.


    • Examination:
    Project work
    Laboratory work
    		 3 ECTS
    3 ECTS
     


    Course language is English.
    Department offering the course: ITN.
    Director of Studies: Clas Rydergren
    Examiner: Jan Lundgren
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    Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
    Last updated: 11/02/2010