GI3305 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM I SYLLABUS | ANNA UNIVERSITY BE GEOINFORMATICS ENGINEERING 5TH SEMESTER SYLLABUS REGULATION 2008 2011-2012 BELOW IS THE ANNA UNIVERSITY FIFTH SEMESTER BE GEOINFORMATICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SYLLABUS IT IS APPLICABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS ADMITTED IN THE YEAR 2011-2012 (ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI,TRICHY,MADURAI,TIRUNELVELI,COIMBATORE), 2008 REGULATION OF ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI AND STUDENTS ADMITTED IN ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI DURING 2009
GI3305 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM I L T P C
3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVE:
To introduce the fundamentals of Geographic Information System. To provide details about
Spatial data, Spatial data base structures, Data structures and their utility in GIS
43
UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS 9
Map – Definition – Types of Maps, Characteristics of Maps, Map Projections – GIS –
Definition - History of GIS - Basic Components of GIS – Hardware, Software, Data,
Methods, People – List of GIS Software: Popular software, Open Source software
UNIT II DATA AND DATA BASE STRUCTURE 9
Data: Spatial and Non-Spatial Data – Spatial Data: Points, Lines, Polygons/Area and
Surface - Non-Spatial Data - Levels of Measurement: Nominal, Ordinal, interval, ratio – Data
Base – Functions - Data Base Structures – Hierarchical, Network, Relational- Relational
Data Base Management System – Normalisation, E-R Diagram
UNIT III DATA STRUCTURE/ DATA MODEL 9
Raster Data Model – Grid Cell/Pixel - Tessellations – Regular, Irregular – Geometry of
Regular Tessellations: Shape, Adjacency, Connectivity, Orientation - Size of Grid Cell –
Data Encoding: Rule of dominance, Rule of importance, Centre of Cell – Data Compression:
Run length, Chain, Block and Quadtree coding - Vector Data Model – Topology - Euler
Equation, Rules for Topological Consistency – Arc-Node Data Structure – Raster vs.
Vector Comparison
UNIT IV DATA INPUT 9
Vector Data Input – Digitizer: Principles, Co-ordinate transformation – Errors in
digitizing – Scanner: Principles, On Screen Digitization, Georeferencing – Raster File
Formats, Vector File formats – Import/Export Functionality – Linking Non-spatial data with
Spatial data – Linking digital databases: ODBC – GPS data integration
UNIT V CONTINUOUS SURFACE REPRESENTATION 9
Discrete and Continuous Surfaces – Interpolation Techniques - Digital Elevation Models
– Sources of DEM: Ground Survey, Photogrammetry, Stereo Satellite data, Airborne Laser
Terrain Mapping- DEM representation – Gridded DEM, TIN structure
– Extraction of Topographic Parameters: Slope, Aspect, Delineation of Watershed and
Drainage Network - DEM Applications.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOK:
1. Lo, C.P. and Yeung, Albert K.W., Concepts and Techniques of Geographic
Information Systems Prentice Hall, 2002.
REFERENCES:
1. Peter A. Burrough, Rachael A. McDonnell, Principles of GIS, Oxford University
Press, 2000
2. Robert Laurini and Derek Thompson, Fundamentals of Spatial Information
Systems, Academic Press, 1996
3. Paul Longley, Geographic Information Systems and Science, John Wiley & Sons
Inc, 2001
GI3305 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM I L T P C
3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVE:
To introduce the fundamentals of Geographic Information System. To provide details about
Spatial data, Spatial data base structures, Data structures and their utility in GIS
43
UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS 9
Map – Definition – Types of Maps, Characteristics of Maps, Map Projections – GIS –
Definition - History of GIS - Basic Components of GIS – Hardware, Software, Data,
Methods, People – List of GIS Software: Popular software, Open Source software
UNIT II DATA AND DATA BASE STRUCTURE 9
Data: Spatial and Non-Spatial Data – Spatial Data: Points, Lines, Polygons/Area and
Surface - Non-Spatial Data - Levels of Measurement: Nominal, Ordinal, interval, ratio – Data
Base – Functions - Data Base Structures – Hierarchical, Network, Relational- Relational
Data Base Management System – Normalisation, E-R Diagram
UNIT III DATA STRUCTURE/ DATA MODEL 9
Raster Data Model – Grid Cell/Pixel - Tessellations – Regular, Irregular – Geometry of
Regular Tessellations: Shape, Adjacency, Connectivity, Orientation - Size of Grid Cell –
Data Encoding: Rule of dominance, Rule of importance, Centre of Cell – Data Compression:
Run length, Chain, Block and Quadtree coding - Vector Data Model – Topology - Euler
Equation, Rules for Topological Consistency – Arc-Node Data Structure – Raster vs.
Vector Comparison
UNIT IV DATA INPUT 9
Vector Data Input – Digitizer: Principles, Co-ordinate transformation – Errors in
digitizing – Scanner: Principles, On Screen Digitization, Georeferencing – Raster File
Formats, Vector File formats – Import/Export Functionality – Linking Non-spatial data with
Spatial data – Linking digital databases: ODBC – GPS data integration
UNIT V CONTINUOUS SURFACE REPRESENTATION 9
Discrete and Continuous Surfaces – Interpolation Techniques - Digital Elevation Models
– Sources of DEM: Ground Survey, Photogrammetry, Stereo Satellite data, Airborne Laser
Terrain Mapping- DEM representation – Gridded DEM, TIN structure
– Extraction of Topographic Parameters: Slope, Aspect, Delineation of Watershed and
Drainage Network - DEM Applications.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOK:
1. Lo, C.P. and Yeung, Albert K.W., Concepts and Techniques of Geographic
Information Systems Prentice Hall, 2002.
REFERENCES:
1. Peter A. Burrough, Rachael A. McDonnell, Principles of GIS, Oxford University
Press, 2000
2. Robert Laurini and Derek Thompson, Fundamentals of Spatial Information
Systems, Academic Press, 1996
3. Paul Longley, Geographic Information Systems and Science, John Wiley & Sons
Inc, 2001
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