Basic Principles of Geographical Information System

Paper Code: 
RES232
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
On completion of this course, the students will be able to to learn about the evolution, definition and scope of GIS, about geographical data products, their types, characteristics and implications, to know and learn about digital image processing,to learn about issues in digital representation of geographic data.to learn about the global positioning system
18.00
Unit I: 
 Evolution of GIS; Definition and scope of GIS; Components of GIS; Issues and trends in GIS.
 
18.00
Unit II: 
 Geographical data products, types and characteristics; Implications of spherical and Planar coordinate systems and their transformations in GIS; Geo-referencing and implications of Earth’s shape and datum in GIS.
18.00
Unit III: 

 Issues in digital representation of geographic data; Raster and Vector models for geographic data representation.

18.00
Unit IV: 
 Remote sensing and GIS integration, GIS project design and planning methodologies;
 GIS data base management systems; GIS information products; Applications of GIS
18.00
Unit V: 

 Basics of Global Positioning System.

Essential Readings: 
 Adrados, C., Girard, I., Gendner, J., & Janeau, G. (2002). Global Positioning System (GPS) location accuracy due to selective availability removal. C. R. Biologies, 325, 165-170.
 Arvanitis, L., Ramachandran, B., Brackett, D., Rasoul, H., & Du, X. (2000).
 Multiresource inventories incorporating GIS, GPS and database management systems: A conceptual model. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 28, 89-100.
 Basudeb Bhatta, Remote sensing and GIS, Oxford University Press, Nov 2011.
 Ellis, E. A., Nair, P. K. R., Linehan, P. E., Beck, H. W. & Blance, C. A. (2000). A GIS-based database management application for agroforestry planning and tree selection. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 27, 41-55.
 Lillesand, Remote Sensing And Image Interpretation, 5Th , John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
 Walsh, A. and J. C. Ollenburger, 2000: Essential Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Conceptual Approach. Prentice Hall, pp. 320. ISBN-13: 9780130193391
Academic Year: 
2023-2024