MA/MSc GEOGRAPHY PART-I SEM-I
MA/MSc GEOGRAPHY PART-I SEM-I
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GEO 511_Practicals in Geographical Information System
Syllabus:
Topic-1. GIS Input:
i. Introduction of basic computer hardware and any one GIS software
ii. Scanning of SOI Toposheet / quadrant into various formats e.g. .JPEG, .BMP, .PDF, .TIFF,etc.
iii. Coordinate systems -Degree Minutes Second (DMS), Degree Decimal (DD),Conversion of DMS to DD and DD to DMS
iv. Geo-referencing and mosaicking of toposheets / maps using GIS software
Topic-2. Spatial Database Analysis
a. Software based exercise
i. Digitization of layers (point, line and polygon features) from geo-referenced
SOI toposheet /quadrant
ii. Creation and export of .shp files , Editing and topology of vector layers
iii. Attribute data attachment
b. Manual exercise raster layer file structure: Run-
Length Encoding, Block Code, Chain Coding,
Quadtree
Topic-3 GIS Output
GIS software based
i. Map layout -Title, Grid, Scale, Direction, Index, sign and symbols
ii. Design of maps (Point, Line and Polygon features maps) using shape files of
digitized toposheet/ quadrant
iii. Design of elevation map, contours map, 3D View based on ASTER/ SRTM DEM
Teaching Plan
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