Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Geoservices and geoportals (17.AU54)

Native organizations units: Sub-department for Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Measurement-Information Technologies and Control Engineering (Godina: 3, Winter)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Geoinformatika
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	4

Educational goal:

Students will gain fundamental and applied knowledge in the field of geomatics, geoinformatics and geoinformation systems. Introduction to the current GIS tools and areas of GIS application.

Educational outcome:

The acquired knowledge is used in engineering courses and in solving engineering problems using GIS technology.

Course content:

Lectures: Place and role of geographic information systems (GIS). Introduction to GIS. Basic notions and terminology. Infrastructure of the data on space. Spatial referential frameworks. Modelling spatial objects, GIS data model, raster and vector models, geometry, space topology and topography. Decomposition of space elements. Architecture of GIS system. Spatial Databases. Interpretation and presentation on spatial data. Introduction to geospatial data visualisation. Geospatial analyses. GIS tools. Standardization in the field of geographic information systems and technologies – OpenGis, ISO TC211. Service oriented architecture of GIS - three tier architecture. Application of standards in the realization of GIS systems. Applications of GIS systems in diverse fields. Practice content: GIS tools introduction, GIS-based tools for geospatial data visualization and spatial analysis. Introduction to standards.

Teaching methods:

Forms of teaching: lectures, computer practice, consultations, individual work on obligatory tasks. Knowledge evaluation: Guided and independent work on obligatory tasks; written tests; final examination is oral.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Burrough, P., McDonnell, R.	Principi geografskih informacionih sistema	2006	Građevinski fakultet, Beograd	Serbian language
Govedarica, M., Sladić, D., Radulović, A.	Infrastruktura geoprostornih podataka i geoportala	2018	Fakltet tehničkih nauka, Novi Sad	Serbian language
McCloy, K.R.	Resource Management Information Systems: Remote Sensing, GIS and Modelling	2006	CRC, Taylor & Francis group, New York	English
Shekhar, S., Chawla, S.	Spatial Databases: A Tour	2003	Prentice-Hall, New Jersey	English
Jones, C.B.	Geographical Information Systems and Computer Cartography	1997	Longman, Singapore	English

Knowledge evaluation:

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Computer excersise defence	Yes	Yes	5.00
Computer excersise defence	Yes	Yes	10.00
Computer excersise defence	Yes	Yes	5.00
Theoretical part of the exam	No	Yes	50.00
Computer excersise defence	Yes	Yes	5.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Computer excersise defence	Yes	Yes	5.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00