Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Selected chapters from geoinformation systems (17.DGI001)

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

Type of studies	Title
Doctoral Academic Studies	Geodesy and Geoinformatics (Year: 1, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Geoinformatika
ECTS	10

To acquire basic and applied knowledge in the field of Geoinformatics and Geoinformation Systems.

Acquired knowledge is used in professional courses, as well as in the recognition and in solving the engineering problems.

Place and role of geoinformation systems (GIS). Introduction to GIS. Basic issues and terminology. Infrastructure on the spatial data. Spatial referential framework. Modelling the spatial entities, raster and vector models, geometry, topology and spatial topology. Decomposition of the spatial elements. Architecture of the GIS system. Databases on space. Interpretation and presentation of the spatial data. Standardization in the field of geoinformation systems and technologies – OpenGis, ISO TC211. Application of standards in the realization of the GIS systems. Application of GIS technologies in diverse areas.

Lectures. Seminar papers. Consultations. Study and research.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	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