Overview of Geographical Information Systems from a computing perspective. Topics include: Fundamental Database Concepts: relational algebra, UML modelling, and SQL; Fundamental Spatial Concepts: Geometry, Euclidean space, topological space, set notations, point set topology, and base graph theory; Models for Geospatial Information: object models and field models; Representations and Algorithms for GIS: computational complexity, discretization algorithms, topological data models and algorithms, TIN model, and computational geometry algorithms for GIS; Spatial Access Methods: B-Tree, Quadtree, and R-Tree; and Architectures; centralized and decentralized architectures.
This course may not be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s)
- Geomatics Engineering 351.
Corequisite(s)
- One of Engineering 213, Communications Studies 363 or Strategy and Global Management 217.
Sections
| LEC 1 | TR 12:30 - 13:45
| | Xin Wang | | |
| Notes: RESTRICTED TO ENGO STUDENTS ONLY. OTHER STUDENTS MUST HAVE DEPARTMENTAL APPROVAL. |
| LAB 1 | T 14:00 - 16:50
| | Xin Wang | | |
| Notes: RESTRICTED TO ENGO STUDENTS ONLY. OTHER STUDENTS MUST HAVE DEPARTMENTAL APPROVAL. |
This course will be offered next in
Fall 2019.