Geographical Information System detailed syllabus for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CSE 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 Computer Science & Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CSE 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to CSE 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 Computer Science & Engineering 7th Sem, visit CSE 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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