INFORMATICAL SYSTEMS OF URBAN MANAGEMENT

The course covers the following main topics: • Introduction and theoretical issues in GIS; • Areas of GIS applicability; • GIS components; • GIS functions; • Spatial data structures. Internal representation of vector layers. Internal encoding of a raster; • Databases; • Spatial data acquisition; • Data conversions. Data import. Import from other GIS software. Import from CAD software; • Data structures. Designing a database for attribute data; • Acquiring and integrating data; • Attribute and spatial queries; • Building surface models; • Exploratory data analysis; • Maps and digital cartography. Thematic mapping techniques. The seminar covers the following main topics: • Preparation of a GIS project; • GIS products; • Arc Gis Desktop’s modules; • Conversion of analog cartographic products; • Building new shapefile; • Building new geodatabase; • Map rectification, georeferencing and digitizing; • The digitizing process. Digitizing regimes; • Using symbols and creating annotations in GIS; • Integrating and manipulating attribute data; • Attribute and spatial queries; • Building surface models; • Spatial analysis; • Thematic mapping techniques.

• Using GIS enhances students' ability to think critcally about analyzing data. • Using GIS promotes students' ability to use numbers and numeric skills, and to use tools that facilitate processing and transferreing information.; • This technology enables students to visualize spatial patterns, linkages, and relationships. GIS is used not only in geography courses, but in environmental studies, earth science, history, mathematics, chemistry, biology, language arts,and other subjects.