Geographic Information System

Code:

EGEO3015

Acronym:

EGEO3015

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Surveying Engineering

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Geology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:B	0	Official Study Plan	3	-	6	48	162
L:CC	0	study plan from 2021/22	2	-	6	48	162
			3
L:EG	0	The study plan from 2019	3	-	6	48	162
L:F	0	Official Study Plan	2	-	6	48	162
			3
L:G	0	study plan from 2017/18	2	-	6	48	162
			3
L:M	0	Official Study Plan	2	-	6	48	162
			3
L:Q	0	study plan from 2016/17	3	-	6	48	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Português

Objectives

To teach the theoretical and practical knowledge required to deal with geospatial data, in terms of the acquisition, structuring, manipulation, query and analysis in a GIS.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course students will know the methods for GIS data collection, their structuring, validation and representation. They will also be able to carry operations of GIS data analysis, both in vector and raster domains.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1.    Introduction to GIS
2.    vectorial data acquisition and manipulation
3. GIS open source applications
4. vectorial data operations
5.    databases
6.     raster data acquisition and manipulation
7.    Digital elevation models

1. WebGIS e GIS Mobile. 


2. Google Earth Engine. Introduction.


3. Development of de scripts in Python.


4. Aplications

Mandatory literature

Longley Paul A. 070; Geographic information systems and science. ISBN: 9780470870013
João Matos; Fundamentos de Informação Geográfica , Lidel,, 2005. ISBN: 978-972-757-514-5
Burrough P. A.;; Principles of geographical information systems for land resources assessment. . ISBN: 0-19-854592-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lessons with slide presentations and practical software demonstrations. Prctaical lessons with exercises in mainly in ArcGIS and also in QGIS and autoCAD.

Software

AutoCAD
QGIS
ArcGIS

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho laboratorial	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	24,00
Trabalho laboratorial	24,00
Total:	48,00

Eligibility for exams

75% of presences. Practical performance (P) – minimum 40% (8/20).

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation will be carried out by a practical exam in a GIS software (40% of the final classification) and a final written test. The students must have a minimum of 8 in each of the evaluation parts.
The final classification is the mark obtained in the final exam (T)  with a weight of 60%  and 40% to the practical evaluation (P):
CF=T *0.6 + P*0.4.