Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Spatial Data Infrastructure (17.GI003)

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

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Geodesy and Geoinformatics (Year: 4, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Geoinformatika
ECTS	6

To acquire basic and applied knowledge in the field of geodesy, geomatics and geoinformatics. Introduction to the principles of the spatial data infrastructure and practical implementation.

Acquired knowledge is used in professional courses, as well as in the recognition and in solving the engineering problems using geospatial data infrastructure and implementation systems on geospatial data infrastructure principles.

Lectures: Geospatial data and data models. Metadata. Distributed data models. Distributed systems and architecture. Technological bases for distributed systems. Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). Basic concepts on spatial infrastructure. Terminology. Standardization in the field of SDI. Application of international and local standards in SDI realization. Architecture of SDI system. Organizational aspect of SDI system. Technological aspect of SDI system. Policy in geospatial data usage in SDI systems. Aspects of SDI realization. Portals and geoportals. Architecture of geoportals and implementation in SDI systems. Service architecture in SDI systems. Geospatial data exchange. Geoservices. Practice content: HTML, JavaScript, implementation of client web applications, implementation of three tier architecture, implementation of geoservices, implementation of geoportal, metadata catalogue.

Teaching forms: lectures, computer practice, consultations, individual elaboration of obligatory tasks. Knowledge evaluation: guided and individual elaboration of 4 obligatory tasks, 2 tests and final examination – oral form.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Jones, C.B.	Geographical Information Systems and Computer Cartography	1997	Longman, Singapore	English
Douglas D. Nebert	Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures: The SDI Cookbook	2005	Technical Working Group, GSDI	English

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