Duration
15h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course deals with the introductory aspects of geographic information systems: reference coordinate systems, data acquisition, information representation modes, spatial operations and processing, map design.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this teaching unit, the student will be able to :
- manage reference coordinate systems in GIS software,
- perform basic operations in vector and raster mode,
- to carry out a simple cartographic design.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Windows environment on PC
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Course integrating theory with practical works achieved on PC with dedicated software.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
- Face-to-face.
- Lectures 3 or 4 hours / week.
Recommended or required readings
- Slides in PDF format available on eCampus server
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam
Additional information:
Practical exam, consisting in the modelling and solving of two applications with the help of the dedicated software used during the course.
Attendance to courses and exercise sessions is mandatory to present exams.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The software used for the exercises is open source. They can be downloaded by students onto their own computers, but the supervisory team cannot provide personalised supervision, so the use of personal computers is the responsibility of the student. Use of the university's computers is strongly recommended for the exam, so here again the use of personal computers is the sole responsibility of the student.
Contacts
Prof. Roland Billen
Prof. François Jonard
Thomas Dethinne