Geographical Information Systems Doc. Ing. Pavel Hrubeš, Ph.D.

Department of Transport Telematics Contact Konviktská street, 5. floor, room 514 A Email: hrubes@lss.fd.cvut.cz Phone: 224 359 629 Tuition: not scheduled, according to our compromise Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics Subject Assessment Presence (no less than 75 %) Present an overview about selected scientist paper (15 minutes presentation) Success in written test Practical overview of GIS application Final assessment is combination of both parts Doc. Hrubeš’s and Dr. Derbek’s Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics What Will You Learn? This course provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Introduction to GIS Vector Data Model Real world modeling Raster Data Model GIS Functionality & Components Data Display and Cartography Spatial Data Processing GIS Data Acquisition Spatial and Attribute Analysis Coordinate Systems and Map Projection GIS for Transportation Internet & GIS Data models and geodatabases Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics Softwares ESRI ArcGIS http://download.cvut.cz/ Intergraph Geomedia Pro In labs °Freeware Quantum GIS http://www.qgis.org/ gvSIG http://www.gvsig.org/web/ Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics Textbooks Internet sources Geographic Information Systems and Science by Longley, Goodchild, Maguire, Rhind Modeling Our World by Zeiler Designing Geodatabases by Michael Zeiller Map Analysis: Procedures and Applications in GIS Modeling by Joseph Berry, completely online Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics What is a GIS? G: Geographic I: Information S: Systems Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics What is a GIS? G: Geographic I: Information spatial data databases geo- referenced representations S: Systems users hardware software Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Data vs. Information vs. Knowledge Data is a collection of attributes about the entities/objects/elements in the space and time. Information is the organization of data such that it is valuable for analysis, evaluation and decision making. Knowledge is the awareness and understanding of facts, truths or information gained in the form of experience or learning. Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics Knowledge Base for GIS Computer Science/IS Application Area graphics public admin. visualization planning database geology system administration mineral exploration security forestry site selection Geography and related marketing cartography civil engineering geodesy criminal justice photogrammetry surveying landforms transportation spatial statistics etc. Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics GIS Definition “A geographic information system is a computer-based information system that enables capture, modeling, storage, retrieval, sharing, manipulation, analysis, and presentation of geographically referenced data” (Worboys and Duckham, 2004, p.2). Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics GIS main functions Spatial Data Management Capturing Data Update Data model Conversion functions Printing Spatial Analyzes Map and Result display Generalization And Models Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics Why does GIS Matter? Almost everything happens somewhere Knowing where some things happen is critically important Position of country boundaries Location of hospitals Routing delivery vehicles Management of forest stands Allocation of funds for sea defenses GIS is a special class of information systems that keeps track not only of events, activities, and things, but also of where these events, activities, and things happen or exist Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics Why Study GIS? 80% of local government activities estimated to be geographically based plats, zoning, public works (streets, water supply, sewers), garbage collection, land ownerrshiip and valuation a significant portion of state government has a geographical component natural resource management highways and transportation businesses use GIS for a very wide array of applications retail site selection & customer analysis logistics: vehicle tracking & routing natural resource exploration (petroleum, etc.) precision agriculture civil engineering and construction scientific research employs GIS geography, geology, botany anthropology, sociology, economics, political science Epidemiology, criminology Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics Brief History of GIS? 1960 – 70s Innovation First GIS – Canada Land Inventory DIME US Bureau of Census Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics Major vendors started (e.g. ESRI, Intergraph) Landsat satellite launched Key academic conferences (e.g. AutoCarto) 1980s Commercialization Commercial GIS software (e.g. ArcInfo) First GIS textbooks First global data sets Clinton Executive Order 2000s Exploitation Internet becomes major deliver vehicle More than millions of active users Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics

Department of Transport Telematics GIS development Czech Technical University in Prague - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Department of Transport Telematics