Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Transportation

Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics Geographical Information Systems Doc. Ing. Pavel Hrubeš, Ph. D.

Contact § Konviktská street, 2. floor, room 212 § Email: hrubes@lss. fd. cvut. cz § Phone: 224 359 502 § Tuition: not scheduled, according to our compromise Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Schedule § Subject has two parts! § GIS basis § Lecturer Hrubeš § Tuesdays from 11: 30 to 13: 00 at FTS Konviktska street 20 room K 104 § GNSS basis § Lecturer Derbek § Wednesdays from 18: 30 to 20: 00 at FTS Konviktska street 20 room K 404 Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Subject Assessment § Presence (no less than 75 %) § Present an overview about selected scientist paper (15 minutes presentation) § Success in written test § Practical overview of GIS application § Final assessment is combination of both parts Doc. Hrubeš’s and Dr. Derbek’s Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

What Will You Learn? § This course provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) • Introduction to GIS • Raster Data Model • Data Display and Cartography • Real world modeling • Spatial Data Processing • GIS Functionality & • Spatial and Attribute Analysis Components • GIS for Transportation • GIS Data Acquisition • Coordinate Systems and Map • Internet & GIS Projection • Data models and geodatabases • Vector Data Model Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Softwares § ESRI § Arc. GIS § http: //download. cvut. cz/ § Intergraph § Geomedia Pro § In labs § °Freeware § Quantum GIS § http: //www. qgis. org/ § gv. SIG § http: //www. gvsig. org/web/ Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Textbooks § § § Internet sources Geographic Information Systems and Science by Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, Rhind Modeling Our World by Zeiler Designing Geodatabases by Michael Zeiller Map Analysis: Procedures and Applications in GIS Modeling by Joseph Berry, completely online Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

What is a GIS? § G: Geographic § I: Information § S: Systems Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

What is a GIS? § G: Geographic § databases § representations spatial data § geo- referenced § § § S: Systems § users § hardware § software I: Information § Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Data vs. Information vs. Knowledge Data is a collection of attributes about the entities/objects/elements in the space and time. § Information is the organization of data such that it is valuable for analysis, evaluation and decision making. § Knowledge is the awareness and understanding of facts, truths or information gained in the form of experience or learning. § Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Knowledge Base for GIS § § Computer Science/IS § graphics § visualization § database § system administration § security § Geography and related § cartography § geodesy § photogrammetry § landforms § spatial statistics Application Area § public admin. § planning § geology § mineral exploration § forestry § site selection § marketing § civil engineering § criminal justice § surveying § transportation § etc. Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

GIS Definition § “A geographic information system is a computer-based information system that enables capture, modeling, storage, retrieval, sharing, manipulation, analysis, and presentation of geographically referenced data” § (Worboys and Duckham, 2004, p. 2). Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

GIS main functions § Spatial Data Management § Capturing § Data Update § Data model Generalization § Conversion functions And § Printing Models § Spatial Analyzes § Map and Result display Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Why does GIS Matter? § § Almost everything happens somewhere Knowing where some things happen is critically important § § § Position of country boundaries Location of hospitals Routing delivery vehicles Management of forest stands Allocation of funds for sea defenses GIS is a special class of information systems that keeps track not only of events, activities, and things, but also of where these events, activities, and things happen or exist Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Why Study GIS? § 80% of local government activities estimated to be geographically based § § a significant portion of state government has a geographical component § § § natural resource management highways and transportation businesses use GIS for a very wide array of applications § § § plats, zoning, public works (streets, water supply, sewers), garbage collection, land ownerrshiip and valuation retail site selection & customer analysis logistics: vehicle tracking & routing natural resource exploration (petroleum, etc. ) precision agriculture civil engineering and construction scientific research employs GIS geography, geology, botany § anthropology, sociology, economics, political science Epidemiology, Czech§Technical University incriminology Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences § Department of Transport Telematics

Brief History of GIS? § § § 1960 – 70 s Innovation § First GIS – Canada Land Inventory § DIME US Bureau of Census § Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics § Major vendors started (e. g. ESRI, Intergraph) § Landsat satellite launched § Key academic conferences (e. g. Auto. Carto) 1980 s Commercialization § Commercial GIS software (e. g. Arc. Info) § First GIS textbooks § First global data sets § Clinton Executive Order 2000 s Exploitation § Internet becomes major deliver vehicle § More than millions of active users Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

GIS development Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics