Geographical Information System (CSC482) — Notes, Syllabus & Past Questions

Systems for capturing, storing, and analyzing spatial or geographic data.

Elective Course6 Chapters
Chapter 1Past Questions

Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS)

Overview, concepts of GIS, components of GIS, Origin of GIS, History of GIS and geospatial technology, Functions and benefits of GIS, Scope and application areas of GIS.

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Chapter 3Past Questions

Spatial Data Structure and Database Design

Concepts of geographic phenomena and data modeling, geographic objects and fields, vector data and raster data model, spatial relationships and topology, GIS data formats and data conversion.

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Chapter 4Past Questions

Data Acquisition, Data Quality and Management

Different methods of data capture, geo-referencing and digitization, data preparation, conversion and integration, spatial data quality and accuracy.

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Chapter 5Past Questions

Spatial Analysis

Vector data analysis: geo-processing, overlay analysis, buffering, network analysis, raster analysis: local operations, focal operations, zonal operations, re-sampling, mosaic and clip.

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Chapter 6Past Questions

Introduction to Spatial Data Infrastructure

SDI concepts, components of SDI and trends; The concept of metadata and clearing house; System Architecture for SDI Interoperability, Client Server Architecture, SDI technologies; legal aspects of SDI.

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Chapter 7Past Questions

Open GIS

Introduction of open concept in GIS; Open source software for spatial data analysis; Web Based GIS system; Open source GIS data; GIS application case studies.

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