Information Management and Cartographic Representation

Code:

MRCOT017

Acronym:

GIRC

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Hazards, Cities and Spatial Planning

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MRCOT	23	Study Plan in Hazards, Cities and Sp. Planning	1	-	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course unit is designed for students to:
. Develop skills and gain thorough knowledge regarding the acquisition, manipulation, analysis and representation of information.
. Become aware of the main agents producing information.
. Understand the operating principles of 'commercial' or 'open source' computer programmes available for data processing.
. Master the most popular tools by solving actual problems.

Program

1. Alphanumeric and vector data
2. Production and access to information – institutions and agents
3. Information and standardization
4. Use of information – qualitative and quantitative
5. Programmes and data organization, classification, recovery, processing and representation functionalities
6. Geographic Information Systems
7. Production of thematic cartography

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exercises using pre-defined computer programmes.

Software

Microsoft Office Excel
Microsoft Office Access
ArcGis

Evaluation Type

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	45,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.