Geographic Information Systems - raster
7.5 ECTS creditsThe course covers methods for processing geographic information in raster format by means of GIS software. The main focus is on data layers in vector and raster format as well as spatial analysis of the collected data.
Students complete a GIS project, including project planning, data collection, analysis, and presentation of results. The course includes a series of lectures, and students collect their own background information about the area in which the analyses are carried out and compile their results in a project report to be presented in a seminar.
In the course, students use GIS raster analysis to assess the risk of flooding in a geographically delimited area which can be affected by high flows in a watershed. Methods are needed to predict and assess the consequences of floods. This is the kind of method that will be developed in the course, and the results could be used in flood prevention and as operational support in the event of a flood.
Students complete a GIS project, including project planning, data collection, analysis, and presentation of results. The course includes a series of lectures, and students collect their own background information about the area in which the analyses are carried out and compile their results in a project report to be presented in a seminar.
In the course, students use GIS raster analysis to assess the risk of flooding in a geographically delimited area which can be affected by high flows in a watershed. Methods are needed to predict and assess the consequences of floods. This is the kind of method that will be developed in the course, and the results could be used in flood prevention and as operational support in the event of a flood.
Progressive specialisation:
G1F (has less than 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements
60 ECTS credits completed in the Surveying Technology and Geographical IT Engineering programme or 60 ECTS credits completed in the Surveying and Mapping programme, including Geographical Information Systems I, 7.5 ECTS credits, and registered for Scientific Methods in Geomatics, 7.5 ECTS credits, or equivalent
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Engineering: Surveying Technology and Geographical IT (studied during year 3)
- Programme in Surveying and Mapping (studied during year 2)