2-CourseAim :-

This course gives a complete overview of relevant Geographical Information System (GIS) technologies, evaluation of GIS technology.

The course also discusses GIS applications, representation of geographic data, relationships of graphic and non-graphic data. Data: data types, data collection, census data, postcode-based data, data from surveys, customer lists, data from remote sensing, the data collection transformation, data input, vector digitizing, verification, attribute data input, raster data input, data input transformation.

Graphic data storage, data quality, plan metric features,topographic features, cadastral features, Parcel identification, area boundary features. Components of GIS: hardware and software, configurations and data communications. GIS design philosophy, GIS implementation methodologies, hypermedia and GIS, towards a socioeconomic GIS.