Geographical Information system                                                                                                Course  Contents

 

	Course Code : CS 609                                                                                                    Course Name : GIS                                                                                                              Credit : 3-1-0
1.  Introduction	Maps, cartography, automated cartography of GIS, GIS( or spatial database),as an extension of Database technology
2.  Characteristics of spatial  data	Co-ordinate systems, map projections, primitives of spatial data types
3.  Spatial data representation and operations	Vector, raster, chain codes, quad-tree, Kd-tree, R-tree etc ( comparative study), computing areas, perimeter etc using above structures
4.  Surface representation	DEM,DTM,Wire Frame model, TIN, advanced techniques of DEM such as fractal etc
5.  Spatial queries and query processing	Extension of SQL, for spatial query, extension of OODBMS for spatial query, spatial join, query processing in spatial databases
6.  Hardware and sowftware requirements	Digitizer, scanner, data output display, map generalization, name placement etc
7.   Applications of GIS
8.   Spatial  DSS and  WEB enabled GIS
9.   Acquintance with commercial GIS sowftwares	ARC-INFO, ARC VIew, MapInfo, GRASS, IDRISIS, Atlas, etc

 
 

Books :

1. Burrough, P.A., Principles of GIS for Land Resource Assesment, Oxford Publication

2. Jeffery Star and JOhn Estates, Geographic Information System, An Introductory ,Prentice Hall Inc.

3. Marble D F and Calcins ,H.W., Basic Readings in Geographic Informations system Spad System Ltd.

4. R.Ramakrishnan ,Database System, McGraw Hill

5. M.F.Goodchild, D.W.Rhind et al , Geographical Information Systems vol. I & II, 2nd Edn., John Willey & Sons.

 
 
 

 

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