Provide the student experience in the use, administration and programming of some of the systems / applications currently used in the Windows environment. The particular focus is on the programming environment of Visual Basic for Applications.

To acquire knowledge on stochastic signals digital analysis

Obtain general knowledge of photogrammetryc concepts, with emphasis on digital photogrammetry, and focused on cartography and geographical information.

To introduce the principles and fundamental methods for nonparametric and parametric statistical inference and how they are used in practice.

The mais objective os subject of Spatial Planning is to acquire skills in issues related to Municipal Spatial Planning Plans, in particular the figure of the Urbanisation Plan (PU) and its articulation with the Municipal Master Plan (PDM) and Detailed Plan (PP).

It is intended, along the course, to teach and consolidate the concepts and principles of reference systems (global, regional and local), reinforce these skills through practical applications and encourage the interconnection between disciplines in the field of Surveying Engineering.

To teach advanced GIS knowledge, complementary to already acquired knowledge in this field

The course presents the main concepts and techniques of digital image processing and analysis. The main goal is that in the end of the course the students will be able to plan and implement algorithms for information extraction from images.

The course orientation focus on the understanding of concepts and methods, and its effective use in synthetic and experimental data analysis. The course makes an extensive use of advance computational tools (MATLAB).

It is aimed that the students acquire knowledge about the methods used in marine positioning, depth measurements and are able to plan and perform a hydrographic surveying. For this purpose teaching topics also include the properties of electromagnetic and acoustic waves, tides and its role in Hydrography. In addition, the topic sea level variation is also addressed, aiming to teach the students the methodologies used to measure sea level variation and increase their awareness to this topic and the associated problem of the global climate change.

To know the characteristics of current GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems), identify their limitations and understand the topics related with compatibility and interoperability.

Determine positions and velocities from code and phase measurements from GNSS systems.

Identify and understand the problems that can affect the GNSS observations, and how to overcome them.

To know the advantages and need for integration of GNSS with other sensors and to identify the most appropriate solutions, depending on the application and on the required positional accuracy.

Acquisition of essential concepts respecting to cadastre, the Portuguese situation, and the land information systems.

To obtain the knowledge of the processes of topographic map production, the national map series and the rules for its production.

To teach advanced Remote Sensing techniques, complementary to already acquired knowledge in this field in previous courses