Program Overview

Program Overview

The GIS Analyser course is designed for students in urban landscape and forest engineering, as well as other students in the Science department. The course focuses on the systematic structure of data, analysis of collected data, and model design.

Course Content

The course covers the following main elements:

1. Introduction to Systematic Structure of Data: This includes data collection from drones, satellites, and GPS, data cleaning from external data sources, and restructuring/adapting data structures.
2. Analysis of Collected Data: This involves calculations of raster, vector, and point cloud data, as well as validation of collected data against reference data.
3. Model Designer: This includes automation of workflows by building scripts for repetition of work processes and SQL queries.

Learning Objectives

The course aims to provide students with the following knowledge, skills, and competencies:

• Knowledge: Tables, relations, structures, data types, queries, SQL, geographic functions, orthophotos, point clouds, DTM, DSM, normalization, raster analysis, raster bands, spectral photos, indices, 2D and 3D data.
• Skills: Defining data types and data structures for different projects, applying analysis tools for calculations of geographic and non-geographic information.
• Competencies: Structuring data and choosing relevant functions to solve problem statements in professionally relevant tasks within the administration of subject areas for forest and landscape engineers and urban landscape engineers.

Teaching Methods

The course uses the "flipped learning" approach, where students prepare through reading, watching videos, and practicing smaller tasks before class. The teaching consists of a short lecture followed by a case study. Case studies are worked on in groups, and students must prepare beforehand to participate.

Course Materials

Students are required to bring their own computer with installed programs before the first class. It is recommended to have a Windows computer.

Prerequisites

It is assumed that participants have a basic GIS course equivalent to the course held at the Forest and Landscape Engineer and Urban Landscape Engineer (7.5 ECTS) or equivalent experience.

Course Details

• Course Type: Single subject, daytime (empty space arrangement)
• Workload:
  • Category:
    • Lectures: 36 hours
    • Preparation (estimated): 36 hours
    • Exercises: 50 hours
    • Total: 122 hours
• ECTS: 5 ECTS
• Level: Professional Bachelor
• Duration: 1 block, 5 ECTS distributed over 6 weeks in block 4
• Placement: Block 4
• Schedule Group:
  • Course days are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Course days will be announced later
• Capacity: 35
• Study Board: SCIENCE Professional Bachelor
• Offering Institute: Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resource Management
• Offering Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Course Responsible: Lene Fischer
• Teacher: Lene Fischer
• External Teachers:

Examination

• ECTS: 5 ECTS
• Examination Form: Written submission, 4 hours
• Examination Requirements: Satisfactory fulfillment of the course's objectives
• Aids: All aids allowed
• Assessment Form: 7-point scale
• Censorship Form: No external censorship
• Re-examination: The examination form for the re-examination may deviate from the ordinary examination.

Assessment Criteria

See the course description.