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| ORM7255 | Applications of GIS in Forestry | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Derya MUMCU KÜÇÜKER | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to equip the graduate students with the potential applications of GIS in forestry sector including forest management planning, watershed management, fire management, site classificaiton, urban planning, and biodiversity conservation. Every other week a practical case study will be accomplished. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Build large scale spatial database and manage it | 2,9,11,12 | 3 | | PO - 2 : | Overlay coverages (digital maps) and interpret the results | 1,9,11 | 3 | | PO - 3 : | Implement spatial analysis functions of GIS in generation various forest maps such as forest management plans, fire risk maps, site class maps | 4,9,10,11,12 | 3,4 | | PO - 4 : | Convert spatial data set from one format of a GIS software to another | 9 | 4,6 | | PO - 5 : | Formularize a real problem and solve it with Arc/Info GIS functions and display the results in map form | 1,2,9 | 4,6 | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The general functions of geographic information systems (GIS) , their applications to forestry and spatial database design. The concepts of vector and raster data models and their application principles in spatial analysis and modeling or cartographic modeling such as "mapmatics". Introduction to Internet GIS, object-oriented GIS and geospatial database in forestry. Grid CBS, A practicum-based course involving the Orman Üstü Research Forest using ArcGIS
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to the course | | | Week 2 | An overview of information systems, GIS concept, general principles, GIS components | | | Week 3 | The sample applications of GIS in forestry | | | Week 4 | Data, information and spatial data | | | Week 5 | Spatial (locational and attribute) data | | | Week 6 | Data sources, data quality and its components | | | Week 7 | Tesellated and vector data models | | | Week 8 | Spatial features (points, lines, polygons and annotations) and the concept of absolute and relative locations (topology) | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Introduction to Arc/Info software | | | Week 11 | Basic functions of GIS: Data input (digitizing), data refignment and topology generation | | | Week 12 | Assignment 2: Digitizing and database generation | | | Week 13 | Spatial query and reclassificaiton functions | | | Week 14 | Assigment 3 | | | Week 15 | Term project: Spatial query of spatial database of Ormanustu Planning Unit with Arc/Info | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 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 | | | 3 | Arc/Info Manuel, ESRI, USA | | | |
| 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: A conceptual framework for spatial forest information systems for Turkish forestry: a preliminary study, Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry. 21(5) 493-505. | | | 3 | Sivrikaya F., Çakır G., Keleş S. and Başkent, E.Z. ?Geoinformatics for Natural Resource Management? (Ed: ??) Chapter ??: Spatiotemporal Dynamics Of Land Use/Land Cover And Timber Carbon Storage: A Case Study From Bulanikdere, Turkey,2008 | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 12/11/2016 | 2 | 30 | | Project | 14 | 24/10/2016 | 2 | 10 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 8
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2 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 14/01/2016 | 3 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 6 | 24 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Uygulama | 6 | 4 | 24 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 6 | 10 | 60 | | Proje | 6 | 10 | 60 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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