Geographical Information System detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil 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 Civil Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Open Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of geographical information system is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS 9 Introduction to GIS – Basic spatial concepts – Coordinate Systems – GIS and Information Systems – Definitions – History of GIS – Components of a GlS – Hardware, Software, Data, People, Methods – Proprietary and open source Software – Types of data – Spatial, Attribute data- types of attributes – scales/ levels of measurements.
Unit II
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Unit III
DATA INPUT AND TOPOLOGY 9 Scanner – Raster Data Input – Raster Data File Formats – Georeferencing – Vector Data Input -Digitizer – Datum Projection and reprojection -Coordinate Transformation – Topology – Adjacency, connectivity and containment – Topological Consistency – Non topological file formats – Attribute Data linking – Linking External Databases – GPS Data Integration
Unit IV
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Unit V
DATA MANAGEMENT AND OUTPUT 9 Import/Export – Data Management functions- Raster to Vector and Vector to Raster Conversion -Data Output – Map Compilation – Chart/Graphs – Multimedia – Enterprise Vs. Desktop GIS-distributed GIS.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Kang – Tsung Chang, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, McGraw Hill Publishing, 2nd Edition, 2011.
- Ian Heywood, Sarah Cornelius, Steve Carver, Srinivasa Raju, An Introduction Geographical Information Systems, Pearson Education, 2nd Edition,2007.
Reference Books:
- Lo. C. P., Albert K.W. Yeung, Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems, Prentice-Hall India Publishers, 2006.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Civil Engineering 7th Sem, visit Civil 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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