Open Source GIS detailed syllabus for Geoinformatics Engineering (Geo) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Geo students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Geoinformatics Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Geo 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Geo Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of open source gis is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASICS Open Source software and Freeware, Open Source Licensing Models, W3C, WWW and Protocols-Software standards and opensource GIS-OGC, GDALand OSGeo,FOSS4G-Opensource software for Desktop GIS and WEB Mapping- Proprietary vs Opensource- OGC Standards.
Unit II
DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT Linux and Windows-PostgreSQL and Database Engines-C,C++,OOP and Java streams-GNU, Mosix-WAP and Android stack-Scripts and Macros
Unit III
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Unit IV
DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND USER INTERFACE Files vs Database-Distributed operations and Architecture-ODBC-Open source Database management tools- Database: Spatial and Attribute queries Spatial functions and Analysis-Map Server, Application Server and Database server concepts.
Unit V
OPEN SOFTWARE AND WEB MAPPING Open Source Software: GRASS, QGIS, OSSIM, PostgreSQL and R Environment-WEB Mapping Architecture and components-WEB mapping servers-Thin clients in WEB mapping-WMS,WFS,WCS,WPS and Restful web services- Open API.
Course Outcomes:
- On completion of the course, the student is expected to
- Understand the concepts and protocols used in Opensource GIS.
- Know the functionalities of Opensource GIS software in Desktop and Web based environments.
- Understand the GIS data models
- Understand the concepts of DBMS and user interface
- Acquire the knowledge of open-source software in web mapping
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Peng, Z.R. and Tsou, M.H. Internet GIS : distributed geographic information services for the Internet and wireless networks. New York: John Wiley and Sons, New york, 2003
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Geoinformatics Engineering 5th Sem, visit Geo 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Geoinformatics Engineering results, visit Anna University Geo all semester results direct link.