GE 362 — Principles of GIS
BSc BSc Geomatic Engineering · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Definitions and concepts of Land and Geographic Information Systems; data - sources and acquisition; methods of data input into GIS, (direct entry, digitization, scanning, and scanned digitizing, automatic data recognition and data integration from image sources), data structures and data models in GIS (spatial data models and thematic data structures);the concepts of map projections and geo-coding methods. Data management and display. Vector-based GIS (definition, elements, data bases, specific related problems and analysis); raster-based GIS (definition, data entry, specific related problems and analysis); introduction into ArcView, ArcGIS, Ilwis, Idrisi etc.
- Credits
- 0
- Level
- Year Three
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- CE 367 — Transportation Engineering
- CE 368 — Highway Engineering
- GE 351 — Photogrammetry II
- GE 353 — Geodetic Surveying I
- GE 354 — Satellite Surveying
- GE 361 — Remote Sensing II
- GE 371 — Survey Adjustment I
- GE 372 — Survey Adjustment II
- MATH 351 — Statistics
- PL 252 — Planning the Physical Environment
- CE 260 — Soil And Rock Mechanics
- CE 461 — Engineering Economy & Entrepreneurship
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