Elements of Information and Communication Technology.
Elements of geodesy.
Elements of cartography.
Elements of remote sensing.
Elements of Image Processing.
Elements of GIS.
Applications of Geomatics to Natural Resources Inventory and Evaluation.
Gomarasca, M. A. - Basics of Geomatics. Springer, 2009
Learning Objectives
To provide students with a common grounding in Geomatics as a management tool for assessing and inventoring natural resources, with special emphasis on rural areas in developing countries.
Prerequisites
Basic computer skills are required.
Teaching Methods
ECTS: 9
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, etc...): 225
Contact hours for lectures and labs: 72
Hours reserved to private study and other individual formative activities: 153
Further information
Frequency of lectures and labs, although non compulsory, is strongly recommended.
Type of Assessment
Oral or written (multiple choice test) examination on the subjects of lectures and labs.
Course program
Lectures
Elements of ICT
1.Introduction
-data types; operating systems; open source software; history and background
2.Hardware and networks
-CPU, disks, graphics; graphics file formats; networking ; the Internet
3.Everyday tools
-databases and spreadsheets
Elements of geodesy and cartography
4.The shape of the earth
-ellipsoid and geoid; datums; projections; GPS
5.Mapping
-topographic maps; thematic maps; map generalization and design
Elements of remote sensing
6.Principles
-physics; technology; image enhancement
7.Aerial photography
-taking aerial photos; characteristics and use of aerial photos
8.Satellite data
-platforms and sensors; data providers
9.Image Processing
-filtering; classification; multispectral transformations
Elements of GIS
10.Vector and raster
-types of data; file formats; sources of data
11.Georeferencing
-distorsion; types of interpolation; procedures
12.DEM
-sources of information; use of a DEM
13.Query
-attribute query; spatial query
14.Spatial analysis
-overview of common geoprocessing tools
15.Map production
-map composition; printing and exporting
Putting all together
16.Visual image interpretation
17.Integration of data sources
18.Natural Resources Evaluation
Labs
-creating a GNU/Linux virtual machine
-installing a new OS
-advanced use of a DBMS
-advanced use of a DBMS and a spreadsheet
-introduction to GIS
-setting a projection
-how to read a topomap
-creating a basic map
-loading and displaying images
-use of the stereoscope
-searching and downloading satellite images
-case of Larache, Morocco
-use of a spatial database
-georeferencing a satellite image
-deriving information from a DEM: slope and aspect
-hillshading
-querying a GIS
-location of a landfill (case of Mekele, Ethiopia)
-use of a map composer
-computer-assisted photointerpretation
-case of Ben Slimane, Morocco
-case of Shouyang, China