SUBJECT SUBJECT TITLE L P C CODE GEOGRAPHICAL 4 - 4 Theory: EMT-OE I.3: Open Elective. 1 INFORMATION SYSTEMS UNIT I: FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS: Map scale, projection and symbolism. GIS - Introduction, definition and terminology, categories, – components, fundamental operations, functional elements. Data structures, data models, GIS data, acquisition, input, storage, output generation. Data preprocessing, database management, integrated analysis of spatial and attribute data. UNIT II: GIS SPATIAL ANALYSIS , MEASUREMENT AND SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT: Introduction, Defining spatial objects - point, line and area objects based on their attributes, higher level point, line and area objects. Measuring length of linear objects, measuring polygons, measuring shape, measuring distance. Classification Principles, Neighborhood functions, Polygonal neighborhoods, – Buffers. Spatial Arrangement - Point patterns, Theissen Polygons, Area patterns, Linear patterns, Directionality of Linear and Areal objects, Connectivity of Linear objects, Routing and allocation. UNIT III: STATISTICAL SURFACES AND OVERLAY ANALYSIS: Surface mapping, sampling the statistical surface, Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Interpolation- linear and non-linear, uses and problems. Terrain reclassification steepness of slope, aspect, shape or form. – Discrete surfaces - dot distribution maps, choropleth maps. Cartographic overlay, point-in-polygon and line-in-polygon operations, Polygon overlay, Automating point-in-polygon and line-in-polygon procedures in Raster, Automating Polygon overlay in Raster,
SUBJECT CODE SUBJECT TITLE L P C Theory: Open Elective. 1 EMT-OE I.3: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS 4 - 4 UNIT I: FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS: Map – scale, projection and symbolism. GIS - Introduction, definition and terminology, categories, components, fundamental operations, functional elements. Data structures, data models, GIS data, acquisition, input, storage, output generation. Data preprocessing, database management, integrated analysis of spatial and attribute data. UNIT II: GIS SPATIAL ANALYSIS , MEASUREMENT AND SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT: Introduction, Defining spatial objects - point, line and area objects based on their attributes, higher level point, line and area objects. Measuring length of linear objects, measuring polygons, measuring shape, measuring distance. Classification – Principles, Neighborhood functions, Polygonal neighborhoods, Buffers. Spatial Arrangement - Point patterns, Theissen Polygons, Area patterns, Linear patterns, Directionality of Linear and Areal objects, Connectivity of Linear objects, Routing and allocation. UNIT III: STATISTICAL SURFACES AND OVERLAY ANALYSIS: Surface mapping, sampling the statistical surface, Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Interpolation- linear and non-linear, uses and problems. Terrain reclassification – steepness of slope, aspect, shape or form. Discrete surfaces - dot distribution maps, choropleth maps. Cartographic overlay, point-in-polygon and line-in-polygon operations, Polygon overlay, Automating point-in-polygon and line-in-polygon procedures in Raster, Automating Polygon overlay in Raster,
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