Course | Undergraduate |
Semester | Electives |
Subject Code | ES479 |
Subject Title | Geographic Information System |
Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) – Hardware – Software – Data types and models – Input / output techniques in GIS (spatial and non-spatial) – Digitizing – Editing – Topology creation – Non-spatial database creation – Spatial analysis (vector and raster) – Overlay analysis - Buffer analysis – Network analysis – DEM – 3D analysis – Visualization – Global Positioning System (GPS) – National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) – Decision support systems – WebGIS – Enterprise GIS.
1. Lo C.P. and Yeung A.K.W., Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2006.
2. Burrough P.A. and McDonnell R.A., Principles of Geographical Information Systems, Oxford University Press, 1998
3. DeMers M.N. , Fundamentals of geographic information systems (4th edition, Wiley,2008.
4. Wilson J.(ed) , The Handbook of Geographic Information Science, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007.
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