Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

Presentation

Geospatial information is fundamental for the development of the activity of an environmental engineer. In this context, it is intended that competences be acquired in this area of knowledge, geographic information systems and remote sensing with respect to the acquisition, creation, manipulation, storage of geographic data and basic concepts of remote sensing may be applicable to various areas of intervention such as land use, water resources management, infrastructure management, terrain analysis, territory planning, natural resource management, among others.

Programme

Environmental Engineering

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Semestral | 5

Year | Type of course unit | Language

2 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULP287-13838

Recommended complementary curricular units

n.a.

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

Geographical Information Systems: Introduction; Geographical Modeling; Geographical Data Models (Vectorial and Raster); Resources and information sources for GIS; Cartographic projections and coordinate systems; Georreferencing; Creation, Acquisition and Editing Data/Information; Table/text data; Spatial Analysis; Geodatabases; Basics of cartography; Raster Algebra; Thematic cartography production; Layouts

Remote Sensing: Physical concepts of earth observations; Earth observation satellites; Earth observation systems: Sensors Characteristics (photography; scanners; radar systems); Resolution; Reference measurements data. Image processing: Supervised an unsupervised classification.

Objectives

Based on the QGIS software, the programmatic structure has as its essential objectives the understanding of the various types of geographic data structures and the treatment mode inherent to each one. In the course will be introduced basics of remote detection, in order to demonstrate the importance of this type of data applied to environmental engineering and to know tools, methodology and procedures of image processing.

Understanding the concept of GIS, its potentialities and application domains. Ability to design a project in a GIS environment, directed, structured, based on a data model previously designed and implemented using the basic functionalities of a GIS: construction of geographic databases and use of spatial data manipulation operations, spatial analysis. and matrix algebra. Recognize the importance of remote sensing data and its application in environmental engineering.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

TEACHING METHODOLOGY: consists of an exposure to students, using PowerPoint documents, demonstrations using QGIS software and websites (IGP, IGEOE, APA, among others), followed by the resolution of practical exercises.

EVALUATION: Continuous assessment, according to the ULP Knowledge Assessment Regulations.

• GIS - Conducting 2 theoretical and practical tests in the GIS component, each corresponding to 30% of the final grade;
• Remote Sensing - Practical work on the remote sensing component, 40% of the final grade.

In the case of the appeal exam the student will take a theoretical-practical test in the GIS component and a report for the DR component, with similar degree and complexity to the continuous assessment.

References

• Burrough, P.A. and McDonnell, R.A. (1998) Principles of Geographical Information Systems, 2nd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Carver, Steve and Sarah Cornelius and Ian Heywood (1998), An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems. Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
• Instituto Geográfico do Exército (2004), "Manual de leitura de cartas".
• Gaspar, J.(2005) - Cartas e Projeções cartográficas, Lidel Edições Técnicas, Lisboa.
• Jensen, John R., (1996), Introductory digital image processing: a remote sensing perspective, 2ª ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
• Longley, P, et al. (2010), Geographic Information Systems and Science. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Chichester, England.
• Matos, João Luís (2008). Fundamentos de Informação Geográfica, Lisboa, Editora Lidel - Edições Técnicas, Lda.

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