AG1311 Graphic Information Systems
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Completed upper secondary education including documented proficiency in Swedish corresponding to Swedish B/ Swedish 3 and English corresponding to English A/ English 6 including mathematics E (4), physics B (2).
Basic computer skills recommended.
Databases: How to design and use databases. Database structure, query languages, different types of database structures.
Reference systems: Description of some reference surfaces, how reference systems can be established, examples of local and global existing systems. Acquisition of data.
Geographic Information Technology: Areas of application. Data sources, quality of data, data access etc.
Digitising and scanning. Data structure and storage. Searches and analyses, visualisation.
CAD: Principles of graphic representation, drawing technique, norms.
When the course is finished you should know:
- How to create a database and how to import data to it
- How to write simple SQL questions
- How different reference systems are designed and how they can be used
- How to acquire data to a GIS
- Which benefits GIS have and how GIS are used in different fields in the society
- How to choose and obtain suitable data
- How to estimate the quality of different kind of data
- How to design a geographic database
- How to solve common problems with GIT
- How to present the result in a thematic map
- The basic commands in Autocad
- How to draw, edit and write distances in 2D-models
- How to handle and use layer structures in a CAD program
- How to interpret the most common drawing symbols used in the building trade.
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