Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Spatio-temporal database (17.GI536)

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

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Geodesy and Geoinformatics (Godina: 1, Summer)
Master Academic Studies	Geodesy and Geoinformatics (Godina: 1, Summer)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Geoinformatika
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	5

Educational goal:

To acquire basic and applied knowledge in the field of geodesy, geomatics and geoinformatics. To acquire basic and applied knowledge in the field of databases and geospatial databases.

Educational outcome:

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

Course content:

Lecture content: Modelling spatial entities and databases. Raster and vector models, geometry, spatial topology and topography. Data models. Systems for database control and spatial expansions. Relational databases. Relational databases with object extensions. Object databases. XML databases. Spatial extensions of databases. Temporal models and standards. Temporal databases. Architecture of spatial databases. Spatial database management systems. SQL and spatial entities. Query spatial languages. Spatial operators. 9IM matrix. Realization of spatial queries. Optimization and adjustment of performances. Distributed databases with spatial expansion and entities. Place and role of databases in GIS and service oriented GIS. Practice content: Practical application of presented concepts from lectures.

Teaching methods:

Forms of teaching: lectures, computer practice, consultations, individual work on obligatory tasks. Knowledge evaluation: Guided and independent work on 4 obligatory tasks, 2 tests and final examination is oral.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Burrough, P., McDonnell, R.	Principi geografskih informacionih sistema	2006	Građevinski fakultet, Beograd	Serbian language
Worboys M.F., Duckham, M.	GIS: A Computing Perspective	2004	CRC Press	English
Mogin, P., Luković, I., Govedarica, M.	Principi projektovanja baza podataka	2004	Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Novi Sad	Serbian language
Shekhar, S., Chawla, S.	Spatial Databases: A Tour	2003	Prentice-Hall, New Jersey	English

Knowledge evaluation:

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