GE 463 — Land And Geographic Information Systems
BSc BSc Geomatic Engineering · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Spatial data types; point patterns; Measures of arrangements; network analysis-patterns of lines; paths, branching, topology and concepts of distance; patterns of area; partitioning, spatial scale and spatial aggregation problems, concepts of space; exploratory spatial data analysis; and spatial autocorrelation. Overlays.3D analysis and surface renderings. Introduction of GIS to typical application areas such as: Cadastral Records and land information; Facilities Management; Urban planning; Land use and Agriculture; Natural Resource Management; Environmental and Ecological Modelling and monitoring; Marketing and Demographic studies; Defence and Emergency service needs; and Health planning. Decision making with GIS and Decision Support Systems; knowledge-based techniques. System planning and implementation: (gaining management support; determining system requirements; evaluation of alternative systems and benchmarking; pilot projects; cost/ benefit analyses); system implementation and acquisition planning; the operational system. Management issues: data accuracy and quality; data ownership and Custodianship; data access and liability; the economic value of data/pricing policies and GIS standards. Multi-Criteria Evaluation, Gravity models and Location/Allocation models. Economics of LIS/GIS;
- Credits
- 0
- Level
- Year Four
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- CE 461 — Engineering Economy & Entrepreneurship
- GE 451 — Geodetic Surveying II
- GE 461 — Cadastral Surveying
- GE 464 — Database Systems
- GE 472 — Land Law And Registration
- GE 474 — Principles Of Valuation Of Land And Building
- GE 476 — Professional Studies and Development
- GE 491 — Project I
- CE 260 — Soil And Rock Mechanics
- CE 367 — Transportation Engineering
- CE 368 — Highway Engineering
- EE 152 — Basic Electronics
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