Information Management and Cartographic Representation

Code:

MRCOT017

Acronym:

GIRC

Instance: 2013/2014 - 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	18	MRCOT - Study Plan	1	-	6	4

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.

Learning outcomes and competences

Use of databases and mapping production supported by information systems

Working method

Presencial

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

Mandatory literature

Martin, David; Geographic information systems. ISBN: 0-415-12572-3
Burrough, Peter A.; Principles of geographical information systems. ISBN: 0-19-823365-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exercises using pre-defined computer programmes.

Software

Microsoft Office Excel
Microsoft Office Access
ArcGis

keywords

Social sciences > Geography > Cartography

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	96,00
Participação presencial	4,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	103,00
Frequência das aulas	4,00
Total:	107,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Final classification=Exam classification

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.