Geographical Information System detailed syllabus for Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the MSE 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 Materials Science & Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MSE 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to MSE 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 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
SPATIAL DATA MODELS Database Structures – Relational, Object Oriented – Entities – ER diagram – data models -conceptual, logical and physical models – spatial data models – Raster Data Structures – Raster Data Compression – Vector Data Structures – Raster vs Vector Models- TIN and GRID data models.
Unit III
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Unit IV
DATA QUALITY AND STANDARDS Data quality – Basic aspects – completeness, logical consistency, positional accuracy, temporal accuracy, thematic accuracy and lineage – Metadata – GIS Standards -Interoperability – OGC -Spatial Data Infrastructure
Unit V
DATA MANAGEMENT AND OUTPUT 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:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to
- Have basic idea about the fundamentals of GIS.
- Understand the types of data models.
- Get knowledge about data input and topology
- Gain knowledge on data quality and standards
- Understand data management functions and data output
Text Books:
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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 Materials Science & Engineering 7th Sem, visit MSE 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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