Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Geographic information systems in traffic (17.S1595)

Native organizations units: Department of Traffic Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Postal Traffic and Telecommunications (Godina: 1, Summer)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Postal Traffic and Communications
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	4

Educational goal:

The main goal of the course is to acquire knowledge from the basis of geographic information systems (GIS), to gain knowledge about the development and analysis of GIS related applications, with special emphasis on traffic and electronic communications. Additional goal is learning about techniques and tools for collecting, storing, processing, managing and controlling geographic and spatially referenced data with GIS technology, studying the principles of operation of global positioning satellite systems and inertial navigation systems, electronic data exchange in postal traffic and other applications in traffic. It introduces the problem-solving process, visualization and analysis through GIS, often with the possibility of predicting and presenting multiple scenarios. This allows working on the concepts of smart cities and smart rural areas and entering the Internet of Things system concept.

Educational outcome:

Knowledge of the basic principles of GIS, including the structure and quality of data with a special emphasis on problem analysis and their resolution by visualization. Gained theoretical foundations and knowledge for making GIS applications in the field of traffic and telecommunications, as well as acquired practical knowledge from the functioning of GPS, related to the positioning of objects and errors that occur during measurement and positioning. Also, the outcome is gained knowledge of new technology of acquisition, collection, storage and processing of image and data, integration of GPS with GIS systems, as well as knowledge related to analysis and display of spatial data. Students will be trained to work on new concepts of smart cities and smart rural areas and on implementation in IoT systems.

Course content:

Introduction to GIS. Application of GIS. Sources of GIS data. Acquisition of data and images. Analysis of spatial data (methods, examples). Types and data structures. Presentation of geographic information and data, and major applications related to them. Sensory information in GIS. Visualization of data on maps. Concepts of GIS. Using software packages. Maps and spatial information. GIS Interpolation techniques. Cartography. Cartographic concepts. Georeferencing. Thematic mapping. Satellite images and their processing. The role of remote monitoring and global positioning system (GPS). Positioning, visibility and availability of satellites in GPS systems. Determination of position, signal error, and stochastic models in GPS systems. GPS, inertial navigation and integration. GPS application in traffic and transport. Basic theoretical settings of GIS. Integration of GPS with GIS systems. Electronic interchange of data. Radio frequency identification. Problem analysis using GIS. Integration of GIS into smart cities and smart rural systems. Integration of GIS into the IoT concept.

Teaching methods:

Lectures and computer practice.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Burrough P. A., Rachael A. McDonnell R. A.	Principi geografskih informacionih sistema	2006	Građevinski fakultet, Beograd	Serbian language
Anita Graser	Learning QGIS - Third Edition	2016	PACKT Publishing	English
Jones C.	Geographical Information Systems and Computer Cartography	1997	Pearson Education Inc.	English