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<title>Geographic Information Systems</title>
<cid>UI-GIS</cid>
<sapsubmodule>P251-0021</sapsubmodule>
<bkey>ut2</bkey>
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<hours>3</hours>
<type>V</type>
<hours>1</hours>
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<cp>5</cp>
<semester>6</semester>
<mandatory>yes</mandatory>
<language>German</language>
<exam>Project</exam>
<curriculum>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>UI-GIS</cid>
<branch>Environmental Technologies</branch>
<semester>6</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>UI-GIS</cid>
<branch>Environmental Technologies</branch>
<semester>6</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>UI-GIS</cid>
<branch>Environmental Technologies</branch>
<semester>6</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
</curriculum>
<workload>
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.</workload>
<prerequisites>
</prerequisites>
<prerequisitesfor>
</prerequisitesfor>
<convenor>Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alpaslan Yörük</convenor>
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<lecturers>
<lecturer>Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alpaslan Yörük</lecturer>
<lecturer-person-key>ayo</lecturer-person-key>
</lecturers>
<objectives>After successfully completing this module, students will: 
• be able to describe the basic principles, terms, components and structure of geoinformation systems,
• be proficient in georeferencing data and maps and can change the reference system,
• be able to analyze and present spatial data,
• be able to operate a desktop GIS and model environmentally relevant information.
</objectives>
<content>• Basic principles and terms
• Components of a GIS (data acquisition, analysis, visualization)
• Referencing data and maps, changing the reference system
• Implementing and operating a desktop GIS
• Modeling spatial information
• GIS scripting (Python)
</content>
<literature>• Bartelme, N. (2005): Geoinformatik. Modelle - Strukturen - Funktionen. - 4. Auflage, Berlin Heidelberg.
• De Lange, N. (2013): Geoinformatik in Theorie und Praxis. - 3. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage, Berlin Heidelberg.
• Ehlers, M. &amp; J. Schiewe (2012): Geoinformatik. Geowissen kompakt, WBG, Darmstadt.
• Bill, R. (2010): Grundlagen der Geo-Informationssysteme. - 5., völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage, Wichmann Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.
• Bill, R.; Zehner, M. L. (2000): Lexikon der Geoinformatik. Wichmann Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.
• QGIS (2020). QGIS Geographic Information System. Open Source Geospatial Foundation Project. http://qgis.org. Zugriff: 30.09.2020
</literature>
<offered>
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