AG1323 GIS for the Built Environment
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. Mathematics E/Mathematics 4, Physics B/ Physics 2.
Course AG1311 Graphic Information Systems, or a GIS course of at least 6 credits.
- Basic GIS architecture
- Spatial data models and structures
- Data sources
- Database concepts
- Vector data operations
- Raster data operations
- Spatial query
- Spatial analysis
- Network analysis
The course aims to introduce students to how geographic information systems (GIS) store, process, and present geographic data, i.e. data pertaining to the surface of the earth and how this technology helps us analyze spatial phenomena of urban or regional scale. On the completion of this course, students should acquire basic theoretical understanding of GIS as well as practical skills of using GIS software in various contexts.
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