Academic year
2022-23
Is found in:
- IC Digital Tools for Heritage Management, programme stage 2
This is a single course unit.
Study load:
4 credits
Weight:
4,00
Total study time: 150,00 hours
Special admission is required to enrol in this course unit under
- credit contract.
- exam contract (to obtain a credit).
- exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Teaching Staff: Claeys Chris, Stal Cornelis, Zurita Hurtado Oscar José
Languages: English
Scheduled for: Semester 1
Final objectives
| The student collaborates in intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams, taking or sharing responsibility for achieving high-quality collective results. |
| The student integrates, processes, analyses and visualizes digital spatial data. |
Objectives
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are an important tool for processing a large amount of spatial data and translating it into a clear output. This course includes, after a short introduction to the principles of GIS, the application of the most commonly used features of a desktop GIS environment: collecting geodata, georeferencing data, editing vector data, creating and processing attribute data, correctly storing the data, create visually appealing and clear maps, perform spatial and non-spatial queries, as well as spatial analyses. More generally, this course includes the following main objectives:
- The student collaborates in intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams, taking or sharing responsibility for achieving high-quality collective results.
- The student creates, integrates, processes, analyses, and visualizes digital spatial data.
Contents
- Theoretical background (e.g. general philosophy of GIS, spatial data, geographic information and information systems, data and data sources for GIS, analysis functionalities, useful software);
- Problem-based exercises (e.g. digitizing maps, creation of spatial data, assigning data to spatial objects, geoprocessing and data querying, data analysis);
- Guidelines on spatial data standards and interoperability (e.g. OGC, INSPIRE)
- Processing a relevant project with a spatial challenge.
More specifically, the following topics will be covered:
- Basic concepts of GIS and spatial data
- Coordinate reference systems
- Styling and labeling data
- Georeferencing maps
- Digitizing and obtaining spatial data
- Cartography
- Selections, geoprocessing, data joining
- DEM analysis
Organisation of education
Contactonderwijs30,00 hoursStudy guidance
- Course material is available via the digital learning environment
- Personal assistance with instructors is possible (upon request)
Evaluation
Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
| Moment | Form | % | Remark |
| Outside exam schedule | Integrated assessment | 100,00 | Project-based evaluation with paper and research results on a spatial challenge. |
Evaluation(s) for re-sit exam
| Moment | Form | % | Remark |
| Inside Regular exam schedule | Integrated assessment | 100,00 | Project-based evaluation with paper and research results on a spatial challenge. |
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Re-sit exam: is possible.
Other study materials
- Slides, data, and additional course material will be offered via the online elearning platform;
- Original recordings of the classes will be published for the students in accordance with the HOGENT guidelines.
Study costs
Visit the program's website for more information about the study costs.
For this course, the student required a PC or laptop that is at least compatible with the requirements that allows the student to run QGIS.
Prerequisites
Refer to the sequence table in the Departmental Education and Examination Regulations.
Possible deadlines for learning account: 01.12.2022 ()