1. WFM 6202: Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam WFM 6202: Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Management Dr. Akm Saiful Islam [Part-B: Geographic Information System (GIS)] Syllabus and course outline November, 2007 Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM) Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

2. WFM 6202: Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Instructor  Instructor: Dr. Akm Saiful Islam Email: akmsaifulislam@iwfm.buet.ac.bd Phone: 880-2-9664640-44 Ext. 7923 web:http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/akmsaifulislam/index.htmlakmsaifulislam@iwfm.buet.ac.bdhttp://teacher.buet.ac.bd/akmsaifulislam/index.html  Class Hours: Saturday 4:20p.m. - 5:50p.m. (Class Room-1, ground Floor of the Institute Building)  Office Hours: Saturday 3:50p.m. - 4:20p.m. (Room 309, 2nd Floor of the Institute Building)

3. WFM 6202: Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Grading Policy  Grading Policy (subject to change):  Final Exam = 40%  Mini project = 15%  Assignments = 20%  Mid-term Exam = 20%  Attendance = 5%  Softwares:  ArcGIS 9.2  ILWIS 3.4

4. WFM 6202: Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Text Book Introduction To Geographic Information Systems by Kang-Tsung Chang (Third Edition)

5. WFM 6202: Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Online Reference GIS Work Book, Part-I Fundamentals, Part-II Technical -by Shunji Murai -Online version: http://ksrs.or.kr/library/index.htmhttp://ksrs.or.kr/library/index.htm

6. WFM 6202: Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Syllabus oIntroduction to remote sensing; oPrinciples of remote sensing; oRemote sensing systems; oDigital image processing; oConcepts of GIS; oSpatial data: sources, acquisition and entry; oDatabase; oVector and raster data; oData analysis; oGIS output; oIntegration of remote sensing and GIS; oApplication of remote sensing and GIS in water resources modeling and management.

7. WFM 6202: Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Lecture Topics  Introduction to Geographic Information System (1)  Geospatial data Model and Structure (1)  Sources and acquisition of geospatial Data (1)  Geospatial databases (2)  Geo referencing: coordinate systems and map projections (1)  Geostatistics: Data Exploration and Interpolation (1)  Digital Terrain Analysis: DEM and DTM (1)  Spatial Analysis (1)  Hands on training on application of GIS in water modeling and management (6) ** Bracket () indicates no. of lectures

8. WFM 6202: Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Hands on training  Zonal statistics:  Hands on training on locating buildings vulnerable to flood damage  Digital Terrain Analysis:  Generation of rainfall contour map using spatial analysis of GIS  Geostatistical Analysis:  Developing ground water level map for Dinajpur district, Bangladesh using geo-statistical analyst  Spatial Analysis:  Application of GIS in Watershed Analysis  Geometric transformation:  Geo-referencing of a scanned soil map  Data Exploration:  Locate potential sites for hot springs resort.

9. WFM 6202: Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Mini Project 1.Topic: [ will be announced in class ] 2.Group project: 3 to 4 persons in one group preferably from different background 3.Report: should be at least 10 page. Report needs to submit at the end of the semester. 4.Group presentation: in class; at the end of semester