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Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Prof. Arun K. Saraf · IIT Roorkee

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Lectures

Unit 1

  1. Lecture 01-What is Geographic Information Systems? Video
  2. Lecture 02-Different components of GIS Video
  3. Lecture 03-Different types of vector data and concept of topology Video
  4. Lecture 04-Raster data models and comparisons with vector Video
  5. lecture 05-TIN data model and comparisons with raster Video

Unit 2

  1. Lecture 06- Non-spatial data (attributes) and their type Video
  2. Lecture 07- Raster data compression techniques Video
  3. Lecture 08- Spatial database systems and their types Video
  4. Lecture 09-Pre-processing of spatial datasets Video
  5. Lecture 10- Geo-referencing Video

Unit 3

  1. Lecture 11-Different map projections Video
  2. Lecture 12- Spatial interpolation techniques Video
  3. Lecture 13-Digital Elevation Models and different types of resolutions Video
  4. Lecture 14-Quality assessment of freely available DEMS Video
  5. Lecture 15-GIS analysis-1 Video

Unit 4

  1. Lecture 16- GIS analysis - Part 2 (Overlaying Operations) Video
  2. Lecture 17-GIS analysis Part-3 (Buffer Analysis) Video
  3. Lecture 18 -Classification Methods Video
  4. Lecture 19 -Errors in GIS and Key elements of maps Video
  5. Lecture 20- Limitations of GIS Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Roorkee
Department
Civil Engineering
Teacher
Prof. Arun K. Saraf
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Source
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