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| ORM2002 | Geographic Information Systems | 1+1+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Lab work , Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Uzay KARAHALİL | | Co-Lecturer | Prof.Dr. Emin Zeki BAŞKENT | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to expose the students to the principals and use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in forestry and help gain practical experiences of using Arc/Info GIS |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Explain the concept of GIS, its components, functions and data structures | 1,6,8 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | Digitize paper maps, design a database and input attribute data to the spatial database in Arc/Info software Manage spatial database (maps and attribute tables), copy, move, erase and organize the feature classes as coverages | 6,8 | 3,4 | | LO - 3 : | Reclassify a map, conduct spatial and non-spatial queries and overlay a number of maps | 8,9 | 3,4 | | LO - 4 : | Prepare a map layout and print out a digital map with Arc/Info functions
| 8,9 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Conceptual framework of geographic information systems, general principles, components and spatial functions of computer based spatial data analysis in decisin-making. Data, information, database management systems, spatial data, vector and raster data models, data quality. The concepts of data input (digitizing), topology, data anaysis and data display with Arc/Info GIS sotware. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to the course | | | Week 2 | Basic concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), principles and components | | | Week 3 | The use of GIS in forestry and some sample applications | | | Week 4 | Data-information, spatial data (locatonal and attribute), database management systems | | | Week 5 | Spatial features, raster and vector data models, data soruces and quality | | | Week 6 | GIS functions: data input function | | | Week 7 | Digitizing paper maps, topology generation and database design | | | Week 8 | Introduction to Arc/Info GIS software | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Assigment 1: Digitizing a given area and constructing its database | | | Week 11 | Spatial query | | | Week 12 | Spatial analyssi (overlay) | | | Week 13 | Proximity analysis | | | Week 14 | Quiz | | | Week 15 | Cartographic design of maps | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Yomralıoğlu T. 1999, Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri, Trabzon Turkey | | | 2 | Başkent, E.Z. 1995. Türkiye ormancılığı için nasıl bir CBS kurulmalıdır? Ön çalışma ve kavramsal yaklaşım, Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry. 21(5) 493-505. | | | 3 | Arc/Info Manuel, ESRI, USA | | | |
| 1 | Aranoff S., 1989. Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective. Ottawa, Canada. WDL Publications. | | | 2 | ESRI, 1993. Understanding GIS - The ARC/INFO Method. Environmental Systems Research, California, USA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 04/04/2013 | 2,6 | 20 | | Quiz | 11 | | 0,5 | 30 | | Oral exam | 14 | 30/04/2013 | 2,6 | | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 25/05/2013 | 2,6 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 3 | 24 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Kısa sınav | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 106 |
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