GIS and Spatial Analysis
C-modul, Efterår, 1 point, 5 ECTS
NOTE: Kurset foregår på engelsk
Purpose
To present the basics of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and to introduce the concepts of exploratory mapping , spatial analysis and modelling with special reference to ecology.
Contents
The course includes an introduction to the fundamentals of GIS: representation of geographic features (vector and raster models), data models, map projections and co-ordinate systems and data base management. Creation and editing of spatial data. Techniques for exploratory data analysis will be presented (summarising and presenting spatial data, density mapping, etc.) Basic modelling concepts such as map algebra, neighbourhood analysis, cost/distance functions, and suitability analysis will be presented. A number of actual cases from ecological research in Denmark and the Tropics will be used to exemplify the techniques.
Teaching
27 November – 1 December 2000. Full days (09:00 – 15:00) all week. Lectures and practical exercises will be combined depending on the subject. The entire course will be in English.
Requirements
None
Teaching material
Lecture notes. Recommended introductory text: "The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis. Volume 1: Geographic patterns and relationships." by Andy Mitchell.
Teacher
Flemming Skov, Flemming Nørgaard, Poul Nygaard Andersen
Exam
Pass/fail on basis of satisfactory participation in the course (minimum 80% attendance).
Participation
16 students.
Registration(Tilmelding):
Send an email to Flemming Nørgaard (
Flemming.Nørgaard@biology.au.dk). List your previous courses taken at University of Aarhus, and mention your reasons for wishing to take the GIS-course.