Orbital Geospatial College
Cours disponibles
Definitions GIS and GIS terms; Objectives of GIS; Components of GIS;
Applications of GIS. The nature of GIS Data - Raster and Vector data;
Data
Management; Creating Shapefiles - Polygon, Polyline and Point;
Georeferencing; Digitizing; Querying of GIS attribute table; Viewing
maps; zooming and panning; fixed
and zoomable map scale; Static maps vs. Dynamic/online maps; GIS
analysis - Buffer and Clipping; Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI);
Introduction to Spatial Reference Systems.
Exploring geographic data; overview of Coordinate systems and map
projections; Geographic & UTM coordinates; Datums; Querying GIS
data; Spatial adjustment;
Editing features; Layer display properties in GIS; Symbolizing
Qualitative & Quantitative Data; Cartographic map design; working
with labels and annotation layers.
- Enseignant: Karen Yiswa
Exploring the geodatabase; Creating and loading data; Managing raster
data; Maintaining data integrity using subtypes; Maintaining attribute
integrity; Relating data using relationship classes; Adding
attachments; Designing geodatabase topologies; Sharing a geodatabase;
Designing
a geodatabase; Project: Building a geodatabase
Principles of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry; Key concepts; EM
spectrum; Aerial Photography and Photogrammetry; Sensors and Platforms;
Aerial
photo vs. a satellite image; imagery bands; stereo images; aerial
photos; resolution of images/photos; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV);
Satellite
image analysis; Remote Sensing applications: Agriculture,
Geology, Hydrology, Urban Planning & Land cover Mapping.
Introduction to SuperPad software; tracks and waypoints; Checking-in and
Checking-out data; Creating a Project; Creating layers (point,
line and polygon); Data collection and editing; Adding
attributes; Importing Data from GPS to PC; Downloading the data; Data
manipulation
and Analysis; Creating maps from the collected data and adding
basemaps.