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Code - Course Title	UCS533 - Fundamentals of Mapping and Geographical Information Systems
Course Type	Required Courses
Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice	3+0
ECTS	7.5
Course Instructor(s)	PROFESÖR DOKTOR UĞUR AVDAN
Mode of Delivery	This course is given only face to face.
Prerequisites	There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended	After this course complementarily, UCS508 Interpretation and Analysis Techniques on Geographic Informatıon Systems course is also recommended.
Recommended Reading List
Assessment methods and criteria	2 midterm exams, 1 final exam
Work Placement
Sustainability Development Goals

Weeks	Topics
Week - 1	What is data and information? What is Information System? What is Spatial Data? What is GIS?
Week - 2	History of GIS GIS Components Analysis used in GIS Uses of GIS
Week - 3	Basic concepts of map History of Map Map types
Week - 4	Scale and scale types Map elements How to read maps?
Week - 5	Basic Consepts of Spatial Reference Systems Geodesy Geoid/Elipsoid
Week - 6	Datums Map Projections Coordinate Systems
Week - 7	Data types in GIS Attribute data Spatial data Spatial data models
Week - 8	Rater data model Vector data model Topology and topological rules
Week - 9	Data preperation in GIS Data sources of GIS Data collection techniques in GIS
Week - 10	Feaure datasetsin GIS Feature Classes (point, line, polygon) Field types of feature classes
Week - 11	Georeferencing of raster data Spatial data generation and editing Layer concept and structure
Week - 12	Spatial data visualization Sembology in GIS Tematic maps
Week - 13	Data Conversion Tools Projection Transformations Geographic Trasformation Parameters
Week - 14	Google Earth and GIS Data conversion to Google Earth environment KML and KMZ data format

Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
	Quamtity	Percentage (%)
Homework	1	30
Final Exam	1	40
Toplam (%)		70